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.
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2024
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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.