FOSTER, R.I. – The baby owl, just two or three weeks old, was out of the nest and in trouble. Still a few weeks shy of learning to fly, the young great horned owl was found on the ground after ...

The owl had its eyes closed from the soot which had hidden its brown-grey feathers. The soot was washed out of its eyes and it is being nursed back to health by a local wildlife conservationist.