Tuesday, March 03, 2026

Sleepy Owl Found Among Items on a New York Antique Store Shelf

Shoppers in upstate New York earlier this month turned up a rare find ...

Posted by lamplighter at 08:33 PM | 10 COMMENTS | permalink

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Shoppers in upstate New York month turned up a rare find while perusing a local antique store this month: a live owl resting peacefully among items on a shelf.

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-- The Associated Press (@apnews.com) Feb 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM

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... The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday that the incident happened on Feb. 21 in the hamlet of East Durham, about 127 miles (204 kilometers) north of Manhattan.

The agency said customers at The Market Place had spotted "something extremely lifelike" on one of the shelves and alerted store staff.

Environmental conservation police officers arrived to find a brown-and-white owl perched on a shelf with its eyes firmly shut.

The department said officers gently cradled the sleeping owl to remove it from the store, and then released it into a wooded area, where it flew into a nearby tree. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-02 11:37 AM

Well owl be

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-02 11:42 AM

@#2

:)

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-02 05:02 PM

We are with owls. We have 3 massive pine trees they like to hang out in, one right next to the bedroom window. Very hooty.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-02 08:57 PM

@#4

There's an owl around here that visits my yard occasionally.

For some reason, when it is in the area, some critters (mice) seem to go elsewhere.

I noticed the correlation in the mouse traps I have.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-03 09:08 PM

All that aside ...

It is curious why the owl chose to sleep next to the ceramic chicken.

Or is it?

I wish I knew.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-03 10:22 PM

It is curious why the owl chose to sleep next to the ceramic chicken. Or is it?
#6 | Posted by LampLighter

Camouflage? Porcelain love doll? You decide!

#7 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-04 09:40 AM

Fun story. The rodent problem in that store must have been resolved. As interesting as they are, owls are stone killers, and will go after dogs and cats...

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2026-03-04 12:30 PM

and will go after dogs and cats...

Personal history, eh?

#9 | Posted by YAV at 2026-03-04 12:34 PM

That's what happens when public television is defunded.

#10 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-05 06:35 AM

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