CAPIZ – An injured baby hawk-owl was rescued in Maayon town here recently.
Siblings Jeffrey and Maribel Magno were heading home to Roxas City when they spotted the injured hawk-owl in the middle of the road at Barangay Alasaging, Maayon, Capiz.
Godfrey Jakosalem of Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. (PhilBio) identified the owl as Luzon Boobook Ninox philippensis.
Luzon Boobook is a fairly small owl of lowland and foothill forest and edge. Its features include a brown-colored head and upper parts with a slightly speckled effect and whitish below with thick reddish-brown streaks.
According to Magno’s siblings, the baby owl was struggling to fly due to its damaged right wing.
Worried about the condition of the owl, the siblings and their neighbor Ladylyn Plaza took a picture of the owl and posted it on Facebook o to ask help as to where it should be turned over.
It was eventually turned over to the Capiz Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (CaPENRO).
The owl’s morphometric data showed that it weighs 1.5g, its right-wing measures 12cm, and its left-wing is 20cm. The total damage of the right-wing is above 50 percent which made it incapable of flying.
According to the CaPENRO, it can be assumed that the damage on its right-wing was acquired due to some attack of unidentified object, whether a shot of (tirador) or any.
It added that the young owl needs months to fully recover from this misfortune it encountered.
CaPENRO decided to turn it over to the Office of Provincial Veterinary for observation and proper care before its release to the wild.
Dr. Leonel Abordo, Provincial Veterinarian, advised not to release the owl to the wild for its vulnerability to predators with its weak condition.
Meanwhile, CaPENRO appeals to the public to contact them if they see any injured species.
“Let us protect animals, let us save them from harm,” CaPENRO further appealed./PN
CAPIZ – An injured baby hawk-owl was rescued in Maayon town here recently.
Siblings Jeffrey and Maribel Magno were heading home to Roxas City when they spotted the injured hawk-owl in the middle of the road at Barangay Alasaging, Maayon, Capiz.
Godfrey Jakosalem of Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. (PhilBio) identified the owl as Luzon Boobook Ninox philippensis.
Luzon Boobook is a fairly small owl of lowland and foothill forest and edge. Its features include a brown-colored head and upper parts with a slightly speckled effect and whitish below with thick reddish-brown streaks.
According to Magno’s siblings, the baby owl was struggling to fly due to its damaged right wing.
Worried about the condition of the owl, the siblings and their neighbor Ladylyn Plaza took a picture of the owl and posted it on Facebook o to ask help as to where it should be turned over.
It was eventually turned over to the Capiz Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (CaPENRO).
The owl’s morphometric data showed that it weighs 1.5g, its right-wing measures 12cm, and its left-wing is 20cm. The total damage of the right-wing is above 50 percent which made it incapable of flying.
According to the CaPENRO, it can be assumed that the damage on its right-wing was acquired due to some attack of unidentified object, whether a shot of (tirador) or any.
It added that the young owl needs months to fully recover from this misfortune it encountered.
CaPENRO decided to turn it over to the Office of Provincial Veterinary for observation and proper care before its release to the wild.
Dr. Leonel Abordo, Provincial Veterinarian, advised not to release the owl to the wild for its vulnerability to predators with its weak condition.
Meanwhile, CaPENRO appeals to the public to contact them if they see any injured species.
“Let us protect animals, let us save them from harm,” CaPENRO further appealed./PN
