Recently, two primary school students in Jinghe County, Xinjiang rescued a small owl. This cute little owl's head looks only the size of a fist, and there is a circle of yellow bright eyes around the large black transparent eyeballs, which are particularly eye-catching, and the whole body is covered with brown feathers, with longitudinal black markings. The curved peck and sharp claws make people guess that it must be a small expert hunter. Teasing it with your fingers, your eyes searching repeatedly with your fingers, and the flexible kitten's head can also dance and swing, which is really cute. (Image source: Guangming Pictures, photographer: Tian Xiangdong; copyrighted images, reprinted!) ）
After receiving the alarm, the xinjiang Jinghe County Public Security Bureau Forest Police Station police quickly dispatched the police, after careful inspection, the little owl has no trauma, good mental state, a wing shrugged, can not be lifted, has a wealth of experience in rescuing wild animals Old police Officer Li Ting analysis, should be during the flight of the wings were collided, soft tissue injuries.
Ma Ming, a researcher at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the police that it was a longitudinal horned owl, which is very rare in Xinjiang. Ma Ming introduced that the longitudinal horned owl, like other owls, has a special feather structure, light and soft, and its flight is silent, which is very mysterious. It is also one of the world's endangered species and is one of the United Nations Endangered Wildlife List.
The longitudinal horned owl generally moves alone or in pairs, nocturnal, mostly at dusk and at night, mainly feeding on insects, but also eating small rodents and birds. The police at the police station said that after the wings of this longitudinal horned owl are fully restored, it will be released back to nature.