Three fluffy baby owls wow visitors at flying displays
"People have been admiring them already."
By Sarah Ward via SWNS
Three fluffy baby owls are wowing visitors at flying displays.
The two American barn owl chicks and one long eared owl were born five weeks ago at the Scottish Owl Centre in Bathgate, West Lothian.
By the time they are 12 weeks old they will be fully developed and look just like their parents.
The barn owls are just learning to stand up, but the long eared owl is already running rings around it's keepers.
Head keep Trystan Williams, 51, said: "The long eared owl developed much faster than the barn owns.
"The barn owls can only just stand up, they just stand there and look sweet."
"People have been admiring them already.
"The long eared owl has done some little flying displays.
"The barn owls are probably a couple of months away from flying.
"By the time they are 12 weeks old they will look just like their parents and be able to fly.
"They get grown up feathers on their wings first.
"They would start to learn to fly as soon as they're out the nest.
"They wander, hop and jump, then fly.
"I took the long eared owl to the park and he got 10 feet up in a tree.
"The barn owls stay babies for longer."
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