My library assistants and I are all mystified by what you mean by “rent a live hour.” We all certainly want more time in a day, if that’s what you mean!
Omg your answer made me laugh so hard, certainly need that nowadays! 🙂 Sorry, I meant a “live owl!” Not sure what happened with the previous post, but I wanna bring an owl to an amazing person on her birthday! You might even be able to see the owl if I can rent one, consider that her office is next to Oneil! But you gotta help me find a way to rent a REAL owl! Or, if you happen to know anyone who is a wizard that would be helpful!
Here’s a program that brings injured owls for educational programs: http://www.eyesonowls.com/programs.htm. I don’t know if they do birthdays. If your friend would like to travel with some expert birders at Mass Audubon to see owls in their natural habitats: https://www.massaudubon.org/learn/nature-wildlife/birds/owls. There’s a barn owl at Franklin Park Zoo: https://www.zoonewengland.org/franklin-park-zoo/our-animals/birds/barn-owl/. Finally, if your friend isn’t picky about the type of raptor, maybe they’d like to hold a falcon? https://www.newenglandfalconry.com/. If that all sounds like too much, maybe they just need owl cam footage of baby barred owls: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/barred-owls/.