Owls in Towels

This is a delight!<p>This site is a great reminder that almost everyone visiting Hacker News has a set of skills which can be put to beneficial use for causes you care about - this is a small, simple, cheap site (and I mean that in a good way!) that attracts attention, awareness, and donations to something the author cares about. It’s easy for us, but it’s magic for most people. Don’t let your tech industry imposter syndrome fool you - we can do valuable things to forward causes we care about.<p>Also, it’s adorable!

That&#x27;s something I&#x27;ve done a few times! Mostly from having lived in a wildlife shelter (LPO Ile Grande) for 2 months, since they have quarters for volunteers who wish to stay. Out of all the birds that collide and are unable to fly, you&#x27;d be surprised at how many recover, and I mean it&#x27;s not as grim as some people make it out to be.<p>That shelter was especially interesting because it&#x27;s near the nesting grounds of marine birds that are relatively rare in France or even Europe overall. Cargo ships in the English channel illegally dump oil waste all the time, and the oiled marine birds just float helplessly to the beach, still alive. People pick them up and bring them to the shelter where we literally hand-wash them with soap and put them in a bird drying station. The numbers could get overwhelming and we would have to make &quot;bird washing assembly lines&quot; on occasion.<p>It&#x27;s a whole discipline with specialized equipment, passed-down knowledge and passionate people!

I love this. The web used to be a place filled to the brim with people making sites about stuff dedicated to some niche thing that brought them joy. Glad to see that vibe still survives out there.<p>Edit: to be clear, this site is connected with an organization and probably exists to help promote it, but it still gives that “look, this is cool!” passion to me.

I&#x27;ve had to do this several times, it&#x27;s really the best way to handle birds and bats that get into your home -- just toss the towel on top of it and pick it up. Another trick if a bird flies into your window and stuns itself, you can pick it up with a towel and place it in a (closed) cardboard box outside in the shade so they can recover without a ton of sensory input&#x2F;stressors, you just have to make sure predators don&#x27;t get into it.<p>(If you ever have to relocate a bat, don&#x27;t just leave them on the ground, they can&#x27;t take off from there and will almost certainly die. Put them in a tree or somewhere higher up)

It&#x27;s like a cat in a purrito.<p>Owls are like the cats of the bird world. It&#x27;s too bad they don&#x27;t get to talk. I think they&#x27;d have a lot to talk about... night time hunting, the size of mice and other rodentia, hairballs&#x2F;pellets...

The consistency in the quality and sharpness of the photos isn&#x27;t lost on me. There&#x27;s obviously lots of curation in this collections, must be some work!

This is the kind of project that always used to be its own website, but these days largely exists only on a social media platform where it&#x27;s stuffed between other content and the usual barrage of ads.<p>Which is a roundabout way of saying: I love that this is a <i>website.</i>

As delightful as the home page is, the FAQ page is endearingly whimsical: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;owlsintowels.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;owlsintowels.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;</a>

Going to this page:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;owlsintowels.org&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;owlsintowels.org&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;</a><p>Finishes with:<p><i>&quot;That&#x27;s owl the posts&quot;</i><p>Yes, this is the internet&#x2F;web I needed today.

Such amazing animals. Everytime I see one I am so thrilled. Saw a snowy owl this winter and they are so gorgeous. Also really weird how easy it is to anthropomorphize an owl. They generally look very surprised or very angry. Love it.

Do you think this kind of internet nuggets will still exist in our soon to be post-AI world ? We won&#x27;t be able to know who sent a real vs. a fake picture

I expected something Semantic Web-related. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.w3.org&#x2F;OWL&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.w3.org&#x2F;OWL&#x2F;</a>

I wonder how a mouse would feel about this website.

It reminds me of how people make a &quot;purrito&quot; by wrapping a cat in a towel or small blanket in order to safely handle the cat (administer pills, injections, etc.).<p>And since owls are pretty much just the bird versions of cats, it&#x27;s fitting.

I&#x27;m not seeing the link on this page, but I believe this popular fediverse account[0] is run by the same folks<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;earthstream.social&#x2F;@owlsintowels" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;earthstream.social&#x2F;@owlsintowels</a>

This is why I love internet. I&#x27;ve never knew I needed this. Thanks :)

Such cute owls! Do they need to be wrapped in a towel because it gives them a sense of security? Just like babies, they sleep better when wrapped up tightly. Rescuing small animals is such a meaningful thing to do.

The sober spiritual successor to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tumblr.com&#x2F;hungoverowls" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tumblr.com&#x2F;hungoverowls</a> I assume

&gt; A+ FACILITIES WOULD STAY AGAIN<p>Ok ok, you got me! Delightful!

One mentioned glue traps. What’s that and why is it used? Sounds like a horrible way to catch birds.

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They seem surprised

It’s cool but I’m wondering why isn’t this an Instagram page or something. I’d follow this.

This is such a missed opportunity to name the site &quot;BurritOwls&quot; !

Owls are actually hooting outside my door as I pull this up at 12:30 a.m.

If only owls in towels needed something to bite on, like dowels.

I wonder what&#x27;s next... owls with runny bowels?

Question - what is the lowest cost way to do something like this? Imagine one was prepared to go in whatever direction, regardless of difficulty. Can the pros weigh in here?

Cute! But they should add a feature so you can use the images via an API, similar to PlaceKitten (which seems to be defunct now).

Now do Hawks in Socks!<p>(Nylon stockings are commonly used when transporting a wild bird for an hour or two).

Unexpected hahah so cute

The footer lol<p>&gt; 2022-2025 Owl Rights Reserved

Love it.

This is making my day. Gracias, OP. Muchas gracias.

cute

“Would you like a moist owlette?”