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126 E Cedar St. Houston, MN
The International Owl Center in Houston, Minnesota, run by Karla Bloem, has
recently aqcuired a new ambassador owl to join their educational owl team.
Piper, the new baby Barn Owl (but growing as we speak) (pictured right) was
hatched in March, 2016 in New York and came to the Center this past May.
Karla and the IOC staff have been letting her fly around the office facilites and
being around people a lot in general since she will eventually work along side
her team members, Alice the Great Horned, Rupert and Ruby, Iris, also Great
Horned Owls, and Uhu - the Eurasian Eagle Owl.
Piper was born to parents and grandparents that were permanently injured
and unable to live in the wild. Therefore Piper has been and will continue to be
raised and imprinted by humans. She came to the International Owl Center at
7 weeks so that she could get used to her surroundings and other people and
owls at a young age.
Karla Bloem says, “Barn Owls that are injured as adults don’t make good
education birds, so the best ones are injured when they are very, very young or
are hatched in captivity and raised to be education ambassadors.”
Piper in her crate Curtesy of IOC
“Barn Owls that are injured as
adults don’t make good education
birds, so the best ones are injured
when they are very, very young or
are hatched in captivity and raised
to be education ambassadors.”
-Karla Bloem
Barn owls like to hide out in dark spaces, and Piper
is no different. She accidentally fell in the garbage can
in the office, but after being “rescued” decieded to go
back in. She stayed there for hours. You can visit Piper
and the other educational ambassador owls at the
International Owl Center in Houston, MN or visit:
www.internationalowlcenter.org for more news
and owl events.
Piper in the grabage in the office of IOC
Curtesy of IOC
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