Richard And Jo Demeester's photos with the keyword: owl rescue

After working at the wildlife rescue centre, maybe it has all gone to my head. Anyway, the poor baby owl was just sitting on the ground, minding its own business, trying to remain inconspicuous until night, and other birds starting swooping down and attacking it, pecking at its head. Well, maybe that is just nature, but we just couldn't bear to see them attacking such a defenceless young thing. At first, we just sort of guarded him, but of course, that was only going to be temporary. With some assistance, but without handling him, we managed to get it to grip on to the little branch, and then we put him in the closest tree. Hopefully, mum found him, although he didn't seem too far from being self-sufficient. In any case, being off the ground and close to the trunk of the tree, we hope we gave him a chance.