Our guide, Leo, got word that an injured Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) was found overnight by some of the Selva Verde Lodge groundskeepers. At the end of our morning birding we went to see it in one of the lodge garages.
On this trip we did not do any specific owling, but on past trips the Crested owl was always the prized target during nighttime owling, yet I never saw one. This owl sat so calmly in the bucket and its beauty was startling.
The groundskeepers, apparently, had the bird picked up, or had taken it, to a rehab center. The next day I saw the bucket in the garage and walked over to see that the bird was gone.
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