He's a Eurasian barn owl (smaller than the American ones) and male so he's about the smallest barn owl you'll see around here (females are a lot larger than males). He's a sweet heart. That was a school function, my husband teaches history so we were there in costume representing the history dept and I ended up holding that owl for about 3 hours because his dad ran off... not that I minded. He was there so people could look at him and pet him. A lady almost started crying when I asked if she wanted to rub him, apparently she absolutely loves owls and never thought she would be able to touch one.
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