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Freed in the wild two owls and owl being treated at the Recovery of the Valley (06/09/2008)

Environmental Agents of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Planning this week returned to their habitat of two owls and owl who were treated at the Center for Wildlife Recovery of El Valle.

These protected birds were found with multiple injuries that threatened his life and who have recovered completely on the premises of the Directorate General of Environment.

The first of the owls is a juvenile released a year, found by the agents of the Nature Protection of the Civil Guard on 19 July Almendricos area in the town of Lorca.

Had an affected eye and a dislocated wing.

After his recovery and fitness improvements made in the Voladero Recovery Center Valley, has been released after verifying that it is capable of catching live prey.

The second of this species was recovered by a Spanish Navy minesweepers at the entrance of the Port of Cartagena on August 21 and is also a juvenile for one year.

The specialists of the Ministry managed to dry their feathers with the use of a change and regain the weight they had lost, because at the time of his admission to the Centre presented a thinness.

We must remember that the owl ("Bubo bubo") is a bird that lives in various Special Protection Areas for birds in the region.

It's big and strong, tawny, with dark brown longitudinal spots and has a short tail with horizontal stripes.

Have prominent ears, a large, rounded head and orange eyes.

One of the major predators of Mediterranean ecosystems protected, present in a variety of mountain environments, where the rock cut your favorite place to nest.

You can have a wingspan of between 131 and 168 centimeters and weigh between male and female specimens.

The former are significantly smaller and females can reach more than two kilos.

Eared owl

Less than the previous size, similar-looking but the owl plumage has a reddish-brown, streaked on the ventral.

Its top is dotted with brown specks and gray ocráceas.

Highlighted in his orange eyes long face.

The copy released by the technicians of the Ministry of Sustainable Development entered the Recovery Center in June, when he was a chicken and had fallen from a nest near the deputation of Miranda, in Cartagena.

This issue has been raised entirely in the Center and was released when the experts found that it had completed its development and was able to feed themselves.

Photo 1: An environmental agent holding a copy of owls have been treated at the Rehabilitation Center of El Valle.

Photo 2: Picture of the release of the owl was found on the council of Cartagena de Miranda.

Source: CARM

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