Today was eventful and I did it all on one (1) non-contiguous hour of sleep.
Creanced a red-tailed hawk.
Released same hawk. (Yay!)
Caught three barn owls for transfer to another center. One of them grazed me with a talon right across my barn owl tattoo.
Caught very angry great horned owl for moving him to outdoor aviary.
While holding said owl against my chest, discovered a fuck-ton of lice on him.
Sprayed parasite killer stuff on owl.
Owl disapproved, squealed a lot, flapped wings and somehow stuck the tip of his left wing directly into my mouth.
Insecticide spray tastes awful: confirmed.
Caught screech owl for quick weigh-in and lice spray.
Screech owl’s cloaca was horribly swollen?? Possibly an internal parasite? What the fuck?? Medicated screech owl, need brain bleach.
Trained education barn owl. Delightful in every way.
Trained education red-tailed hawk. He was in a Mood and kept rejecting perfectly good pieces of rabbit because there was a Tiny Tuft of Fur and that was Unacceptable.
While cleaning his enclosure, a dried fleck of hawk shit (urate, really, but still) got flung directly. Into. My. Goddamn. Mouth. I will never be clean.
Trained education great horned owl. She is very good and very floof and really chills out if you just sit with her for 20 minutes or so.
Sat in grass waiting for other volunteers to be done with hose. Found a wonky little four-leaf clover. Mine now.
Got asked to look at newly-arrived turkey vulture nestling.
TUVU nestling had A WHOLE UNIVERSE OF MAGGOTS where its tail was supposed to be. You expected new little pinfeathers here? WRONG. MAGGOTS. We’re going to try treating it but honestly I doubt it’ll be releasable because those tail feather follicles have to be just annihilated. I’ll be happy to be wrong, but I’m not super optimistic about this dude.
Could easily pass the fuck out
Why do I have to go to work tomorrow
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