Wildlife rehabilitators at Congress of the Birds wear owl masks to feed rescued owlets, preventing the owlets from imprinting on humans. This masking technique helps ensure the owlets don't associate ...

Lexi Figore, chief of staff at Congress of the Birds, feeds a baby owl while wearing an owl mask. Rescuers wear the mask while feeding the owlets so they don't imprint on their human caretakers.

PROVIDENCE – It's hot and hard to see from inside the giant owl mask, but it's important to wear it so the young, orphaned owls can someday make a successful return to the wild. Rescuers at Congress ...