This terrific photo was taken by my grandfather around 1935. It shows my mother and her brother, with a small owl.

They often shared their home with injured wild birds that were being rehabilitated by their father. Mergansers or storks in the bathtub where not unusual.

Those birds that didn't survive were stuffed, used in teaching, and for many years afterwards were on display in the local museum.

I don't know the fate of this owl, but most survived & were released. #bird #birding #owl