Here is a photo of Cedar, the Eastern Screech Owl we got to hold. Looks like cropping the pic got it past the Cloudflare error I’ve been getting.
It was even lighter than I imagined, but you could still feel his grip through the thick leather glove.
Cedar needs to switch to decaf!
That was its more pleased face, when the trainer was holding it.
This is the face my girlfriend and I got.
I feel the pleasure was all ours in this meeting!
Those are definitely some crazy eyes. Adorable, but a little cuckoo haha
Too much time around humans does the same to me 😵💫
Wanted to make sure he didn’t blink and ruin the photo. This really puts the size into perspective.
I don’t actual remember it blinking at all. I’m sure it did though. They’ve got that bonus eyelid though that you can see in today’s post in the one pic.
The nictitating membrane is the clear eyelid that lets animals with one still mostly see while keeping their eyes moist and clean. I was glad that got caught in a photo.
Yay! Omg it’s so tiny. What a face.
And what a treat for you guys on your vacation. Thanks for thinking of us and sharing
It was a lot of fun, though I would have liked to hold one of the Eagle Owls they had as well. They were massive!
Awesome colors on this one. I think Cedar took all this one’s caffeine!
Lol reviewing the photos it really feels like Cedar did not necessarily enjoy this.
It never seemed nervous or frightened, and it ate its little treats for being good, but even as an imprint, that doesn’t mean it wants to have around people, it just doesn’t understand the actual threat level.
Now, the Burrowing Owl I saw… That owl was the most pissed at me I’ve ever seen an owl so far!
Very cool. He looks tiny in that second pic!
It was about soda can size, and felt like an empty can. You almost literally can’t feel the body weight. The glove feels a few times heavier than the owl.
