Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Wildlife & PhotoShop

I was in the mood to play with the patterns and textures in PhotoShop today. I thought I'd get a theme going so I decided to use photos I took at the animal clinic where I work. Many of you already know Howard, our great horned owl that we rehabbed, but did you know that Howard also has a whole bunch of friends at the clinic besides cats and dogs? Here are just a few:

This barn owl is no longer with us. We released him last year.

 
Our tortoise, this guy weighs in at 60 pounds. That's a large bath towel he's on.

 
This crane belonged to the zoo. They have not yet come to get it. Look at the back of the head. I think my texturizing is hiding his beautiful crown.

 

This barred owl was just recently released.

 

Oh yes, one of my favorites! This is Ghost, a 14 foot Albino Burmese Python. It doesn't live with us, it was just visiting. It belongs to the zoo and we were treating it for a little skin infection.

 

These are called rheas. They stand about 5 feet tall. Doc ordered them from somewhere. Who knows where though. I think he just likes to collect odd animals. They were actually hamming it up for the camera. They have so much personality!

 
Hey! I get these in my backyard! This guy was orphaned so we have to play mom until he can take care of himself. Isn't he cute? We had 4 of them but one didn't make it. He was hit by a car and we couldn't save him  :(

 
This is our resident rooster. He lives with us and sometimes he likes to get out of the fence and I actually had to take him out of some one's car one day because they left the hatch open. Silly guy!
Well, I hope you enjoyed the pictures of Howard's little (and big) friends.

14 comments:

  1. My favorite is the rooster pic :)

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  2. Amazingly wonderful to care for so many special creatures!

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  3. Your job looks like an animal lover's paradise. Great pictures, and interesting stories.

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  4. Everything was so cute...until I got to the snake. Eeeek! That made me shiver. I admire your bravery to work with such unusual animals. (I realize I'm a fraidy cat when it comes to snakes, spiders, sharks, all the scary "s" animals, and I'm okay with that.) :)

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  5. I love the fawn and the barred owl :) What a fun job you have!

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  6. Wow! A veritable petting zoo!
    I'm partial to turtles and tortoises... Ours is a water turtle —we call him Face.

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  7. I absolutely enjoyed Howard and his friends, that phython was quite scary:)

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  8. Well, Howard has some mighty fine friends!

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  9. Kudos to you for dedicating your time to helping animals!

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  10. Thanks for your visit. You sure have a bunch of cute critters..must be so fun! :D

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  11. you have quite a selection of animals there. I doubt that the vet around here sees much other than dogs and cats.
    That must be a really fun place to work sometimes

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  12. Sher, Thank you for the work you do rehabbing these animals. Especially the owls! I love owls too.

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  13. Howard seems so sweet! What an amazing job to take care of these animals. Have you seen that Imax movie "Into the Wild" yet?

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  14. I love the tortoise. I have an adult red eared slider. She's huge but not 60lbs huge.

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