From Chris-Lisa Thomison

Introducing the wee “Little Hoot” aka Pumpkin (as named by Gap Creek elementary students).

Pumpkin/Little Hoot was found grounded after a rotten tree fell.

He’s only a few days old.

This is the tiniest Screech ever brought to us.

He will be in an incubator for a good while.

The good news is he’s doing very well. Eating and staying warm and snug.

Big thanks to the kind folks who found him.

      • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
        7·
        11 days ago

        Poor little thing probably hasn’t even fully rested after hatching itself.

        I used to think birds popped out of the egg in a few moments, but in reality it can take a baby bird up to 24 hours from the pup (the first poke through the shell and it takes its first breath) to being free from the egg. What a marathon for every newborn to undergo!

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
      61·
      11 days ago

      I will keep my eyes out for updates! This is the only new pic since this initial post.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      11 days ago

      At first, I thought you were talking about its eyes since they are so visible without the feathers, and I was going to say “yes, owl eyes are very proportionally large. If we had eyes like that, they would be grapefruit or softball sized.”

      Then I went and look closer at the photo and saw you were referring to something else! 😆

      I guess technically those would be the butt cheeks, which is still funny. Their legs have 3 segments, unlike our 2. If this were a chicken, those would be the thigh portions.