Three barn owl (Tyto alba) chicks that reportedly fell from its cage in a gated community in Coimbatore were rescued and shifted to the avian recuperation centre of the Forest Department on Thursday.
V. Saanthakumar, rescue and trainee head at Coimbatore-based non-governmental organisation First Heart Foundations Network, said the barn owl chick were rescued from a gated community at Ganapathy.
What you need to know about the stealthy barn owl
Representatives from the community informed him that the chicks were found fallen from their nest in the apartment building. They contacted him to rescue the nestlings as cats and crows could disturb or attack them.
Mr. Saanthakumar rescued the chicks and handed them over to the Coimbatore range office on Mettupalayam Road. The owl chicks were moved to the avian recuperation centre on the campus, where birds in distress are nursed and taken care of.
