PHOTOS: Injured Owl Healing at Sweetbriar

According to a story in Newsday, a great horned owl that was caught in a soccer net in the backyard of a home in Fort Salonga was taken to Sweetbriar Nature Center to be nursed back to health.

“The owl, which got its entire 2-foot frame stuck in the rope netting, cannot fly upward and apparently suffered a muscle pull, said Janine Bendicksen, director of wildlife rehabilitation at Sweetbriar Nature Center, which is caring for the bird,” reported Newsday.

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Click through the gallery of photos above provided to Patch by Smithtown Animal Shelter and Sweetbriar Nature Center of the owl after it was rescued.

Do you love nature and taking pictures in and around Smithtown? Let us know about it and upload your pics to Patch here. Also, contact Ed Sambolin, president of Sweetbriar's nature photography club  at (631) 439-0812 for their regular meeting times and more information on taking nature photos.