This Barred Owl at @thequoguewildliferefuge was transferred from the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in March of 2014. He was struck by a car and sustained a fractured humerus and is now partially blind and non-releasable back into the wild. A lot of raptors get hit by cars... but why would a flying or perching bird get hit by a car? Every time someone throws food out onto the side of the road, whether it is biodegradable or not, it attracts critters like mice and squirrels which the Barred Owls prey on. The owls go down after the rodents to snatch their meal and end up being hit by a car in the process.
This Barred Owl at @thequoguewildliferefuge was transferred from the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in March of 2014. He was struck by a car and sustained a fractured humerus and is now partially blind and non-releasable back into the wild. A lot of raptors get hit by cars... but why would a flying or perching bird get hit by a car? Every time someone throws food out onto the side of the road, whether it is biodegradable or not, it attracts critters like mice and squirrels which the Barred Owls prey on. The owls go down after the rodents to snatch their meal and end up being hit by a car in the process.
This Barred Owl at @thequoguewildliferefuge was transferred from the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in March of 2014. He was struck by a car and sustained a fractured humerus and is now partially blind and non-releasable back into the wild. A lot of raptors get hit by cars... but why would a flying or perching bird get hit by a car? Every time someone throws food out onto the side of the road, whether it is biodegradable or not, it attracts critters like mice and squirrels which the Barred Owls prey on. The owls go down after the rodents to snatch their meal and end up being hit by a car in the process.
This Barred Owl at @thequoguewildliferefuge was transferred from the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in March of 2014. He was struck by a car and sustained a fractured humerus and is now partially blind and non-releasable back into the wild. A lot of raptors get hit by cars... but why would a flying or perching bird get hit by a car? Every time someone throws food out onto the side of the road, whether it is biodegradable or not, it attracts critters like mice and squirrels which the Barred Owls prey on. The owls go down after the rodents to snatch their meal and end up being hit by a car in the process.
This Barred Owl at @thequoguewildliferefuge was transferred from the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in March of 2014. He was struck by a car and sustained a fractured humerus and is now partially blind and non-releasable back into the wild. A lot of raptors get hit by cars... but why would a flying or perching bird get hit by a car? Every time someone throws food out onto the side of the road, whether it is biodegradable or not, it attracts critters like mice and squirrels which the Barred Owls prey on. The owls go down after the rodents to snatch their meal and end up being hit by a car in the process.
This Barred Owl at @thequoguewildliferefuge was transferred from the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in March of 2014. He was struck by a car and sustained a fractured humerus and is now partially blind and non-releasable back into the wild. A lot of raptors get hit by cars... but why would a flying or perching bird get hit by a car? Every time someone throws food out onto the side of the road, whether it is biodegradable or not, it attracts critters like mice and squirrels which the Barred Owls prey on. The owls go down after the rodents to snatch their meal and end up being hit by a car in the process.