A barn owl rescued by firefighters last month was released Wednesday. The animal had been tangled in fishing line in a tree by the Puyallup River for several hours before Tacoma Fire crews rescued it.
A barn owl rescued by firefighters last month was released Wednesday. The animal had been tangled in fishing line in a tree by the Puyallup River for several hours before Tacoma Fire crews rescued it.
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If you're an advocate for animals, then you might want to check out the Barn Owl Boot Camp this weekend in Richland.
The camp, from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Richland Community Center, will feature all sorts of educational activities for kids. Visitors can witness two redtail hawks being released into the wild.
"Kids' activities are many," said Marilyn Hayes with Blue Mountain Wildlife. "Two different owl masks to make, as well as a coloring book that illustrates what happens to baby barn owls -- from the time they are found in haystacks until they are able to eat a whole mouse and be placed in a hack box and learn to fly and hunt on their own."
The character “Wesley the Owl” peered up at me in a way that made him irresistible. I had to pick up Stacey O’ Brien’s book, subtitled “The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl.” While gazing at the enchanting little fellow perched on the book’s cover, I told myself I didn’t need another bird book. So I set it down – and then I picked it up and headed for check-out. Wesley and Stacey soon became constant companions.
A Kennewick man was rescued Friday from the chilly waters of the Ohanapecosh River, according to a Lewis County Sheriff’s Office news release.
KENNEWICK -- Unlike her older sister Lorelei, 4-year-old Olive Powelson wasn't interested in digging through a wad of fur and bone coughed up by an owl.
"I don't want to get my hands dirty," she told her mother, Daylann Hart-Powelson.
No worries. A presentation on live raptors was set to start in a little while in another classroom at the McNary National Wildlife Refuge environmental education center.
As 2013 dawns at Mount Rainier National Park, many employees plan to gather Tuesday morning at Paradise to honor the woman who died a year ago protecting the popular destination.
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