Orphaned Owls in the UK

I was working on a family of needle felted owls the other day when Kevin came across this article in The Daily Mail. It's a story about tawny owl chicks who were rescued and then cared for in a sanctuary where they bonded with a stuffed animal.

When I saw the photo, I thought that they looked just like my needle felted owl family!

The article insinuated that although owls have a reputation for being wise, these chicks apparently just absentmindedly wander out of their nests before they are ready to fly and are sometimes hurt, killed by cats or abandoned by their parents. This story ends in a good way. After some rehabilitation, the rescued owl chicks will be released back into the wild  hopefully live long, healthy owl lives!