For owls that are superb.
US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now
International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com
Australia Rescue Help: WIRES
Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy Wild Bird Rescue: wildvogelhilfe.org
If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
I was thinking it might be fun to have an Owl of the Year vote sometime soon.
Anyone interested in something like that?
I could do a bracket style elimination tournament, or I could also pick some of the more popular species from posts and do more of a poll type thing.
Or does anyone have any other ideas?
This was my original thought, that it could give something extra to look forward to, especially for those that want to contribute but don't know what they have to offer.
I was thinking about reaching out to the mods for the banner/thumbnail to go to the winner like you mention in the other comment.
The seeding I was thinking would be to break down the owls into:
Common owls - the ones we are most familiar with, Barn, Barred, Great Horned, Eagle, Screech, etc
Less common - ones you might be familiar with from coming here every day or if you live outside US or EU, the Australian owls, some if the more popular owls from posts like the Oriental Bay Owl and the Fish Owls
Exotic - some rare ones that people would never encounter by accident, but are very interesting looking. May be very limited to one island in the world or jungle owls in places hard to get to, or just may not have been featured on here yet.
I think this would give a chance to some of the less common owls to get a victory.
My only concern is some days, Tues and Wed, seen to be less active than the others and the weekends have the most activity so that makes scoring a little uneven. Even so, it's just for fun anyway.