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Injured owl is nursed back to health and released

The owl, which had been injured, was rescued and marked with an identification ring before it was returned to nature, ornithologists said.
Laszlo Balogh / Reuters
By Mish Whalen

The owl, which had been injured, was rescued and marked with an identification ring before it was returned to nature, ornithologists said.

An ornithologist holds a Long-eared Owl before freeing it in the Great Hungarian Plain at Hortobagy, 124 miles east of Budapest, on August 11, 2011.
An ornithologist holds a Long-eared Owl before freeing it in the Great Hungarian Plain at Hortobagy, 124 miles east of Budapest, on August 11, 2011.Laszlo Balogh / Reuters
Laszlo Balogh / Reuters
Laszlo Balogh / Reuters