Tiny owl found inside Rockefeller Center tree

Serving Stewie Griffin realness

why?

He went without food and water for 3 days while wrapped in the tree - but is doing well now.

He's beautiful!

Why is this making my eyes water?

Does he know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?

Owls always have the facial expression of someone who has had enough of your shit.

He looks like he has Eddie Munster’s hairline. I’m going to call him Eddie.

They named him Rockefeller, with a name like that he will be just fine.

Dollface thread.

[quote]He's beautiful! Why is this making my eyes water?

He;s making my mouth water.

He’s cute.

No gurl, that beat up old tree that fell apart in transport will rep us just fine.

Reminds me of that Absolutely Fabulous episode when Eddie finds a squirrel in that gigantic tree they put in their living room!

Or Christmas Vacation...when they find the squirrel in the gigantic tree they put up in the living room.

They've called him Rockefeller! He's cuteness overload. There are pics of him swaddled in OP link. Is he a baby?

I hope they drive him back where he came from and set him free. He probably has an owl family there that are missing him.

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Mascot? No. Site admin? Yes!

LOL r15

Rockefeller is doing very well and will be released on Saturday.

Most owls are solitary creatures so he can be released here in the Hudson Valley as there is no need to reunite with family members.

Are owls owltistic?

Poor mice!

He's apparently a grown adult R15, a saw-whet owl.

He looks absolutely INCENSED that he is being handled by a lowly human!

Reputed to be the cutest of all North America's owl species. That orange sweater they had him in at the shelter WORKS.

[quote] lowly human!

L-owl-y

[quote]He looks absolutely INCENSED that he is being handled by a lowly human!

"Let go of me, you unstylish hag!"

All the press reports I've here in New York have described him as a baby.

BTW, the owl population in Central Park has surged significantly the past couple of years because of a big increase in rodents. A mice and rats smorgasbord for owls.

Hopefully they'll leave Templeton alone

This is an adult. The juveniles have completely different coloring. Adults are the size of a robin and weigh an average of only 4 ounces.

Does he love to sing-a? About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a?

This brings back sad memories of Space Bat.

Does he have a pussycat girlfriend who he’s gone to sea with? In a beautiful pea green boat?

I don't give a hoot

What a cutie!

He'll likely pluck your eyes out if you get too close, but he's cute

I can’t claim it, but someone on Twitter likened him to this.

He’s a superb owl.

It's so cuddly and cute until one day it claws some little girls eyes out! That mother fucker is dangerous. Drive it out to Scarsdale and set it free while you still can.

Gorgeous creature. Poor beautiful little guy trapped in that tree. Such a happy ending. I needed this. Hope he flies off to freedom ASAP.

Three days without mice or drink! Poor thing must've been miserable and scared. If I were him, I'd sue the Rockefellers.

Why can't lawyers take up cases on his behalf and use the money for owl welfare?

How about an artificial tree? I hate this archaic cutting out perfectly healthy trees that provide homes for animals. Jesus.

[quote]According to local NYC news he was taken to a wildlife center upstate and is recovering well. No word on further plans.

Further plans? What, is he weighing his options on opening up a B&B?

R41, and you think a giant plastic tree is better for the environment? If the donor wants, NBC replaces the tree with a new one to grow

Natural trees are better. You can mulch it. The artificial one will end up in the ocean to poison sealife.

Jesus lived in a tree?

No, he died on one, you blasphemous heathen sinner bound for hell.

^^^ Judge not lest ye be judged.

^ the devil quotes scripture for his evil pedo skanky ways. Pray that you die in a grease fire upon earth and not burn in the hellfire for eternity

Why is the tree so junky? Couldn't they have found a decent tree?

^ No one likes your potato salad all that much.

Local New York news: He's been recovering well on a diet of liquids and mice and is set to be released back into the wild sometime this weekend.

Poor mices. Their families should sue the Rockefellers too.

Rockefeller was found by an arborist who was helping set up the tree and it was his wife who called the wildlife center and asked whether they could take him in until he recovered.

In Britain a lot of the Christmas trees are taken to the zoo for the animals to eat.

The Rockefeller Tree is indeed mulched and recycled and as mentioned above the owners are offered a young replacement at no cost. This year's tree owner said the tree was in his front yard and had grown so large it was interfering with his ability to care for his lawn. He took the offer of a replacement.

I love them meeces to pieces. Literally.

"Doe-die" is not a very nice sounding name.

R56 Meeces Pieces could be a good name for a brand of owl food.

""I hates those meeces to pieces!" was the tagline of Mr. Jinks the Cat referring to mice Dixie and Pixie in a series of TV cartoons that ran on The Huckleberry Hound Show in the late 50s/early 60s.

He was clearly waiting in there for the Christmas mouse!

LOL^

Get down from that COVID-tree Rocky, you insatiable bottom!

Exqueeze me. My name is Rockefeller.

Rocky The Christmas Owl. Sweet little feller.

did all you goofballs drink the pumpkin spice?

So who gets to eat it? The Mayor? Al Roker? Trump?

Quick, call the Bavarian glass blowers and order a million small owl Christmas ornaments, possibly with scarves, or maybe without? Package them as Rockefeller and have them out by Dec. 2 for the tree lighting ceremony. We'll also donate 1,000 for the tree to be able to market them as the “official “ ornament and make a killing!

R67 Brilliant idea!

I want a Bavarian glass owl too! I'm a Rocky fan.

Does NYC have an official bird? Rocky should become the official bird!

Totally! City has a lot of birdbrains

Sorry, my bad. NYC already has an official bird.

Rocky for Mayor!

The last thing I need is another owl getting all up in grill.

R70 If there is a city bird for NYC it is most likely Pale Male, the Red Tailed Hawk who chose to be posh and nest on a building on 5th Ave. overlooking Central Park. There was international outcry when his nest was dismantled by the high rise building where he lived and even Mary Tyler Moore, a resident of the building and a staunch animal rights advocate, protested and an agreement was made to allow the nest to return. There have been three children’s books written about him and he may in fact still be living into his 30s, though some presume he may have died and a hawk with similar marking took his place in 2015.

I am a little unclear about if Rockefeller actually made it to NYC or if he was discovered in transit?

I remember Pale Male pffft. Rocky has got moxie and the death glare. He's a New Yorker. Survivor.

Whooo?

Such a cutie! Lovely wee owl, happy he survived.

"I guess he wanted to go ice skating"

"Shut up, Rose"

Don't mistake my look of kindness for weakness, OP. I, Miss Peanut, am not only the DL Emotional Support Therapist, but self-acclaimed Official Mascot as well. Keep trying to fuck with my jobs; I will bite a bitch!

^self-proclaimed, too.

Looks sorta gay. Like the Truman Coyote of owls.

Truman Coyote?

Yes Truman Coyote. He lives in Central Park or Central Bark as he likes to call it.

He does look a bit like Truman Capote.

Is stand corrected, there was a Truman Coyote who went to a party at artist Andy Warthog’s studio.

Rocky is the mascot of 2020. That's why he showed up at Rockefeller Center in a Christmas tree in the capital of the world. He represents death, change and wisdom. That he looks so cross in orange is a plus.

My mascot is Pizza Rat.

R87 ???

[quote] I am a little unclear about if Rockefeller actually made it to NYC or if he was discovered in transit?

R75, see r53 for the answer.

Every Christmas tree must have an owl ornament this year.

I think this cat should be Datalounge's mascot.

Cats don't give a fuck.

R92 😄

Rocky hasn't been cleared for take off -

"As a part of Rocky’s ongoing care, the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center is consulting with avian, and more specifically Saw-whet owl experts, to conduct examinations and provide counsel," a press release said.

"The team is currently evaluating these inputs with the goal of ensuring Rocky’s wellbeing upon being released into the wild," the statement continued. "As a result, we cannot confirm a release date at this point until a thorough and conclusive recommendation has been provided with our main goal being Rocky’s health and safety."

He's looking good in his orange snood.

I don’t know, I look into those eyes and all I see is trauma.

owl moms just kick them out anyway. he'll be ok.

What if you stuffed an owl inside a turkey, to roast?

True story, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s uncle was a dock loader in New Orleans, but also a bit of a drunk. Intoxicated, he fell into bales of cotton and was buried alive and trapped. When the ship arrived in NYC days later and they were unloading they found him barely clinging to life. They took him to St. Vincent’s Hospital and he made a full recovery. His pregnant sister, Cora, in her gratitude named her new child after the hospital and that’s how she ended up with such an unusual name. Her mother’s maiden name was Buzzell. Buzzell would also be a fabulous name for a bird.

I believe you'd end up with a turkowl, r99.

[quote]Is that correct, DL gourmands?

Frankly, I think you would wind up with shit, but my gourmanding skills might be a bit rusty.

I think R100 was meant for the middle names thread but I enjoyed reading that anyway.

R103 No, just parallel stories of being entrapped and shipped off to NYC, arriving dazed and confused and becoming the toast of the town.

Same thing happened to me, r104...

This proves it’s still possible to move to NYC from the backwoods and become an instant star.

R106 Without having to frame the leading actress against management and step into the role as an understudy. Perhaps we should call the owl Sutton?

"There are eight million stories in the Naked City ... this had been one of them."

True, he was naked, until they put that ridiculous scarf on him. Repeat after me “Wild animals do not need clothes!”

It's a snood!

Fly free Rocky!

Bye Rocky! Stay in touch. Don't be a stranger you hear?

Rocky is a she.

Rocky the insatiable bottom will be getting plucked in the nearest bird bath house by next week.

Well that was the one uplifting story of 2020.

Godspeed Rockefeller.

Nice story. But I wonder what the owl thought of her encounters with humanity.

mother owls push the babies out of trees, so probably used to it.

They should have given Rocky Meghan McCain’s apartment.

Or Frogmore.

Or Frogmore.