If you are concerned then please call a wildlife rehabilitator right away. To that end, I wanted provide a quick guide to what baby owls look like, and their adult form, so that you can recognize them and talk about them to a wildlife officer or helper. It's when concerned people see them, and want to intervene, when owl-napping occurs. The parents are watching and continuing to feed the baby owl or hawk, but you usually don't see them, and often (if given time) the fledgling is perfectly capable of climbing back to the nest or into a tree. When babies are "branching" or stretching their wings, flapping, and learning to fly, they can fall from trees. Many times it's a case of a baby owl or hawk that is on the ground and perfectly fine. I sometimes get called to help with the rescue of injured owls and birds of prey. (Photo: Owl Moon Raptor Center,, please donate to help rehabilitate local birds!) Baby Owl ID Identifying A Baby Owl Baby great horned owl.
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