We Are Grateful For Our Partners

What a surprise for us all.  Today wasn't a scheduled event, but Jody said it was something that we needed to do.  We birds don't like to go hungry.  We indeed give a Hoot About Hunger.

What is this all about, you ask?  Today, was Super Saturday Turkey Drive for St Mary's Food Bank Alliance at Albertson's Grocery Stores around metro Phoenix.   What you probably don't know is that Fallen Feathers is an agency of St Mary's Food Bank.  We receive pet food when it is donated to the food bank.  While this is not guaranteed food, it is always appreciated.

A tip of the feather to this great organization.  We thought we would come out and show our support and our gratitude this season.

Where am I?

I'm not really sure what happened, but I found myself in the dark in a cage at a strange place. 

After the sun came up, a family came by and I was scooped up and brought inside where I was looked at, felt, wings stretched out and then put in a warm aquarium.  This whole process was a bit scary but the people seemed very excited about my arrival and they were gentle with me.

 A little bit later I was fed and it was tasty.

It's been a week and I'm still here at Fallen Feathers.  The Lady who answers the phone, Jody, lives here, it's her home.  She takes care of us all.

I don't see Mom or Dad anymore but I get the care I need.  I'm kept warm.  I get food.  I see other birds around me getting the same treatment only they don't look like me.  They don't eat the same things I eat.  I'm bigger than they are.  

I'm growing fast.  Most of my fluff is disappearing and my feathers are growing in. 

  The lady that brought me inside from the cage visited today.  She is a volunteer.  She told me when I get bigger and my feathers are all in that I'll learn to fly that she hopes I'll be "releasable".  I don't know what that means yet, but it sounds nice. 

Autumn, the barn owl

For more information about Fallen Feathers, visit our webpage at www.fallenfeathers.org