When the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary in England first took in this “soggy” bird, it thought she’d been injured or perhaps was struggling to fly because she was wet. “This is extremely unusual for wild birds to get into this condition naturally,” the group wrote in a post. In social media posts, the rescue and conservation group explained that on weighing the bird, known as a “little owl,” they discovered she was “extremely obese” ― roughly a third heavier than they would expect a large healthy female little owl to be. Samkin said that the owl had dropped 20 to 30 grams during her two-week stay, and he hoped she’d learned her lesson. Following a couple of weeks of observation on a strict diet, the little owl was released back into the wild Monday at a more natural weight.

Source: Huffington Post January 30, 2020 04:07 UTC