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From Owl Rescue Centre

Jun 18, 2019

Seems someone has an owldentity crisis. This Barn Owl moved into our White Faced Owl hack(release enclosure) which we opened a few days ago, the owls can now move in and out freely.

Wouldn't say this is 100% normal but my guess is that the Barney would like to claim this his home and all other occupants need to move out pronto.

We caught him and relocated him to an empty owl house in order for the original owners to have a stress free introduction back to the wild. 😉

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[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They're different but friends!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

It reminds me of waiting for someone leaving a store to give up their good parking space.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They look super chill, but it seems that's only because they're distracted by the ape?

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Very likely 😁