Sophie needs to wait for drier weather!

Good evening for a duck!
 While summer rains are always welcome for our gardens, water sports, keeping the pollen down and cool things off, it is not very conducive for an owl release
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I am so sorry to say that we are having to postpone Sophie's release until next Friday, July 12, 2013.
We will have dinner next week also and again things for the kids to do in the "dry" grass!

We are still having dinner this Friday, July 5th  and we will be having a class about owls, a DVD of Sophie's life starting in her nest nest until present will be playing and available. Please do not let the rain keep you in the house this Friday as we will still be at Tellico Grill enjoying an awesome dinner from wholesome Mother Earth Meats and answering any questions you may have.


When our orphans are first released into the wild they are looking for a place to call home. They need a place with good hunting and where no other owls of their species have claimed as their own. They are also learning to hunt in a much larger area. Owls hunt primarily by sitting on a branch and waiting for food to come within eye/ear range then they pounce where as hawks fly around hunting for food and catch their food "on the wing" or while still flying.
If we release Sophie while it is raining, she also has to deal with the added noise of the rain and all other predators in the woods are extra hungry because mice and other prey animals have also been staying out of the rain as much as possible.

My job as a rehabber is to take all of my knowledge and do my best to give each release the best possible chance of survival as I possibly can which is why I have made this call in time for each of you to prepare for next Friday as well.

Thank you for your patience and stay dry!