The Owl, Sara Von Norden

This is a beautiful story so of course it has a happy ending. My husband is a carpenter and he works for a local casino downtown, they have been remodeling and it takes lots of maintenance to keep this building put up in the early 1800's up and running with the latest in casino and restaurant equipment but anyway he called me early one morning and said the was a huge owl outside and she couldn't seem to fly although he could see nothing that would indicate what the problem was. I told him I thought it was best if he could call the wildlife authorities and keep her quiet until they arrive so he did. It turned out the owl had a severe gastrointestinal infection and she was kept and treated at a local wildlife recovery site. When she had fully recovered the head of the recovery site called Jack and asked if he would like to release her since he had initially rescued her and of course he did. The picture above is Jack, my husband releasing Sara Von Norden (we named her of course) close to the site where he found her. The lady at the wildlife infirmary said she was the largest Great Horned Owl she'd ever seen in this area, normally they max out around 3 pounds, our Sara weighed almost 4 pounds. It is truly a beautiful thing when the wild meets urban America and comes out of it better and free, it's also a beautiful thing to know that man and wildlife can co exist on this planet in harmony........

I want to thank the Reno Gazette for sending us a copy of the photo they took than ran with their article.