Eastern Screech Owl "Pottsie" that I rescued on Rt 2 OH took to Back to the Wild,Castalia 10-27-11 I wanted my first blog to be about the first bird (besides the ones I took from my late cat Tillman) that I rescued. On October 27, 2011, I was on my way to Vermillion, Ohio to attend a Lake Erie Pelagic trip and I saw something that looked like a bird about a foot off of Route 2 in Bono, Ohio.  I thought it was dead (semi's were whizzing by at 70 MPH), but I carefully turned around in the road and pulled up behind it.  I saw it was an Eastern Screech Owl and it wasn't moving, but it was sitting up.  I bent down and picked him up and held him on my chest.  I wasn't far from the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) where I volunteer, so I went there to ask what I could do for him.  Mark happened to be there and he checked and said his eye was injured and that I should take him to "Back to the Wild Rescue" in Castalia, Ohio, which was on my way, so off I went!  I pulled off the road once to check my directions and a nice policeman pulled up next to me and asked if I was okay, which I replied (scared to death), "Yes, I am rescuing an Owl and wanted to check my directions".  he said, "okay, have a nice day" :).  Back to the Wild agreed to rehabilitate him over the Winter and I gave them a donation for doing that!  I got a call the week before my knee replacement surgery on 3/19/2012 that he was ready to be released and they asked if I wanted to come down at dusk to see it.  I couldn't make it, but they were nice enough to send me this picture.  I named my Owl "Pottsie" and will never forget him.  I hope he found a mate and is off making little Screech Owls...you never know what will happen when you go birding, for sure!!  happy birding! Karen