I’ve been taking care of this Screech for a while now and got some good pics of it.
When I was grabbing new food for everyone in the outdoor pens, the rehabber said it was ready to leave and asked if I wanted to release it at home!
I’m waiting for my girlfriend to get home and then we’ll let it go, I hope it likes the neighborhood!
Not the cutest pic, but you can see the nictitating membranes well.
Wonderful pic
It’s definitely got “character!” 🤪
It has been freed!
The animatronics seem a bit off. How’s its rendition of the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room song?
All the birds sing words and the flowers croon in the tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki room!
Now I want some Dole Whip. :(
That’s my fav thing! I think I tried to get it at a stand on the shore before but it didn’t seem like the same thing.
For what it’s worth, something has changed in the past couple of years. I’ve now seen Dole Whip at Costco, and I know that the Hawaiian Brothers restaurant chain (fast casual Hawaiian, pretty decent overall) usually has two flavors of Dole Whip and it’s pretty spot on.
This shall need revisiting when I return to the shore next week… 🧐
:) I’m in Texas and can get Dole Whip - past me is wondering why I’m not eating it Right The F Now?!!
It has that parallax blinking effect
c/owlmemes
There’s enough source material for that to exist! 😆
I’m waiting for my girlfriend to get home and then we’ll let it go, I hope it likes the neighborhood!
So, you’re bound to come across it someday again?
That must feel so good!
I would love to hear it whinnying in the background, months or years from now. I don’t expect to ever see it again after it goes free, but it would be very cool. 🥰
Gf has decided its name is Ash, as it’s gender neutral since we don’t know what it is, and it’s fitting with the tree theme of the first owl we got to hold at the National Aviary, Cedar, another red Screech.
Ash is very cool.
I could even imagine it named Rook Ash.
That is from one of the recent Alien movies? I haven’t seen that one yet.
Nah, i just came up with it.
You mean the recent Alien series, Alien:Earth? I watched the first 2 episodes and liked it pretty much.
Especially the new Alien species are very scary, squishy and blood thirsty.
A guy at work was telling me to check out the new series. I had heard of that either.
I searched Rook Ash in case it was a reference I didn’t get (there are many!) and in Alien: Romulus, they meet an android named Rook who resembles the android Ash from the original Alien movie. So Rook/Ash are the same model android from my quick skimming.
I found this long article on the combo of practical and vfx needed to make Rook, as the actor died in 2020 and they didn’t have any molds of him, everything was lost or destroyed.
Huh what a coincidence
lol did anyone tell him it was release day? cause he seems surprised to hear he’s getting evicted.
It ate a mouse and took a nap after a bit, so it is a bit confused, but doing fine right now.
It should have some good exploring to do tonight. We’re surrounded by 2 ponds, a swamp, a semi wooded park, and a farm, so it’s going to have a nice variety of places to choose a new home.
😮
I’m glad to get something for all this sweat equity I’ve put in this summer! 😅
I got 3 grey squirrels earlier this summer, and I want to snag some of the next batch of flying squirrels, those guys are fun.
