Maine State Trooper rescues an owl on a highway
@Deepizzaguy (122238)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
February 27, 2023 4:03pm CST
Maine State Trooper Samuel Tlumac was on a turnpike assisting a driver in Fairfield Maine recently when the officer saw an injured owl on the turnpike.
Officer Tlumac went to check up on the injury to the owl whose gender was not mentioned.
The owl was then taken inside of the police cruiser by Officer Tlumac where the owl was then taken by Officer Tlumac to the Maine Warden headquarters in Sidney where the owl will be taken care by the veterinarians before being released to the home in the outdoors.
Link is chron.com/news/article/l... via chron.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
28 Feb 23
That owl sure is friendly to him.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
Owls are friendly toward any person who shows love to them.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Mar 23
@RebeccasFarm The owl is huge indeed.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
It is an incredible save of an injured owl.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Feb 23
I am so happy to hear that these birds are being helped when needed.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Feb 23
My pleasure to share these good news stories on this site.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy .......So glad you enjoy it.
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@ifa225 (14468)
• Indonesia
28 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy we have rare that kind of police around here. Cops have a bad image in my country
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
The owl was happy that the police officer took care of him while he was hurt.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
@ifa225 I am sorry to learn that police officers have a bad reputation in your country.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Feb 23
The owl with the police officer is pretty huge indeed,
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
@RubyHawk That is true.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
27 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy He must have had plenty to eat.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
I don't exactly look like the officer that much since I have hair on my head and I am a little younger.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Mar 23
@Adie04 You did not offend me at all. I found it amusing.
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@Adie04 (17405)
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1 Mar 23
@Deepizzaguy Oh! I'm sorry if that offended you. I just wanted to say that my hunch says the picture is like you, though my brain said it was not you.
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@RasmaSandra (98026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Feb 23
What a handsome owl, I hope the owl will be all right,
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
I am that the owl will make a speedy recovery in the wildlife center.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Mar 23
I am in agreement with you that the owl is huge.
@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
I am in agreement with you that the officer has a heart of gold taking care of the injured owl.
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@JESSY3236 (22244)
• United States
28 Feb 23
That's great. I hope the owl recovers.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
I also hope that the owl makes a full recovery as well.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
I hope so as well since owls are interesting birds.
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@innertalks (23742)
• Australia
28 Feb 23
It was good that the officer had his thick gloves on as these birds have sharp claws. It was good that the bird allowed the officer to pick him up, and to get him the help that he needed.
That is a large owl, so we might think that it must be a male bird, ( with most birds, the male is larger than the female bird is) but not in all cases, are male birds larger than females are, so who knows in this case.
I have read that with owls, hawks, falcons, and eagles, the female birds are usually larger than the male, so it could have been a female owl.
@innertalks (23742)
• Australia
28 Feb 23
@Deepizzaguy I believe that it is rather hard to tell the difference in most bird species. Colouration is often a clue, though.
@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
That is true even though I do not know the difference between a male and female owl.
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
28 Feb 23
What a beautiful owl!! I'm so glad he was rescued and will be rehabilitated.
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 23
I am in agreement with you that the owl is good looking and the officer did save the animal after the owl suffered an injury.
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