56 of the Cutest Baby Owls: Sleeping, Kissing, and Glaring Skeptically
We spent hours scouring the internet for the cutest baby owls in existence. Here they are.
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The most common myth about owls is they can rotate their head all the way around. Actually, they can’t do it, however, they can rotate their neck about 135 degrees in each direction. So, we can say they can enjoy a 270 degrees view sitting at one point.
Cute Mini Owl, Origin Unknown
Flammulated owls are also on the list of small and cute owls not only due to their beautiful feathers and small size but also due to their round big black eyes. They are just larger than a sparrow and can be found in US and Mexico. However, it’s a bit difficult to spot them as they are small and sit on the top branches of trees.
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Baby owls are called as owlets. Baby owls are cute, however, there is no respect for cuteness in nature. As you may have listened “Survival of the fittest”. This is applied here by their parents. The food is first fed to the eldest and strongest baby owl. As owls live in the wild so they may come across food scarcity issues so someone have to survive to continue their species. Sometimes, when food is not available, the strongest and eldest baby owl can even kill the young or weak cute baby owl to fulfill its hunger. This seems to be brutal but this is the only way to survive in nature.
Cute owlet, Origin Unknown
Cute wise Owl by Dušan veverkolog
Miniature Owlet, Origin Unknown
A Great Horned Owlet perched on a bare branch with its eyes wide open staring right at the camera by Ray Hennessy
Baby Owls, Origin Unknown
Owls can’t chew their food so they have to engulf their food as a whole. You may have seen owls ripping off their food, this all is due to lack of capacity for chewing. On the other hand, they not only defecate but also waste their waste material by vomiting after each 6-10 hours.
Young Long-eared owl (Asio otus) by Erik Karits
The most common myth about owls is they can rotate their head all the way around. Actually, they can’t do it, however, they can rotate their neck about 135 degrees in each direction. So, we can say they can enjoy a 270 degrees view sitting at one point.
Cute Fuzzy Owlet by Robyn Merchant
Cute Owl, Origin Unknown
Beautiful Cute Wise Owl by Daniel Mačura
Cute Snuggling Owls by Zdeněk Macháček
Cute Mini Owl, Origin Unknown
Cute Winking Owl, Origin Unknown
The smallest and most cute owl in the world lives around the borders of Mexico. These are Elf Owls and have only weigh about 50g and a size of about 5 inches.
Cute Owl by Magdalena Kula Manchee
Sacred baby Owl in forest, Origin Unknown
Baby Owl among the Flowers, Origin Unknown
Cute spotted owl couple by Manidip Mandal
Owlet Giving Side-eye by Christian Taylor
Cute Owl on ground by PROJETO CAFÉ GATO-MOURISCO
Cute Row of Owls by Stephen Tafra
Skeptical Cute Owl by Erik Karits
Sleepy Owlet by cameron Livingstone
Baby Owl, Origin Unknown
Fuzzy Baby Owls, Origin Unknown
Cute Owl, Origin Unknown
Befuddled Cute Owls by xMassacree
As most the owls are hunters so they fulfill their requirements of energy from prey. Besides the other species of animals and rodents, owls can also eat other owls. Large Great horned owls eat small cute owls like Barred owls. Barred owls can eat Western Screech owls. However, all the owls are not hunters of small cute owls.
Cute Angry Owl by Neil Radcliffe
What about Harry Potter’s owl? The beauty of the snowy owl was represented to the world by the Harry Potter series and it is now considered one of the cutest owls. However, don’t just go with its cuteness, they are ferocious hunters and can eat about 1600 lemming in a year.
Cute Alert Owl by Zdeněk Macháček
This Burrowing Owl was photographed in the wild.... non zoo, non baited, non raptor/bird show. by Martin Passchier
The small size with the long legs of this cute owl gives it an overwhelming marvelous look that seems to be fantasized but it is all real. They can run on the ground and hides underground. They are found in Mexico, Florida, the western US, and the Caribbean.
Big Eyed Southern White - Faced 4 months old Owl by Pam P Photos
The fascinating large eyes of owls give them a magnificent look and owls seem to be cute. These cute owls have a problem moving their eyes. Different from other birds and animals they have “Eye Tubes” instead of eyeballs. As these eye tubes are far behind in the eye so they are fixed at that place and an owl can’t move it. As a result, they have to rotate their head instead of moving their eyeballs.
Cute owl in evening light by Erik Karits
A Florida Burrowing Owl begins to rest its eyes as the setting sun shines on by Ray Hennessy
Cute Owl in the Clouds by Erik Karits
Cute Owl on fence by James Armes
Cute Owl Talking by Eva Darron
Cute Skeptical Owl, Origin Unknown
Cute wise Barn Owl by Rodney Holbrook
You can enjoy the cuteness of Barn owls all around the world. Their magnificent look is due to their penetrating black eyes and heart-shaped face disk. These cute owls can’t be found in polar and desert regions.
Shocked Cute Northern Saw-whet owl by Brian Eagar Nature Photogr
Southern white-faced owls have a cute look due to their hanging feathers over its beak that give them a mustached look. They also have ear tufts and white face disks which increase the elegancy of these cute owls.
Skeptical Cute Owl by Dominik Van Opdenbosch
A spectacled owl seems to be more intelligent and elegant than any other owl. These owls have a black head with white feathers around the eyes which make them elegantly cute owls.
Cutest Baby Owlet
Besides the cuteness of owls, the owls are also linked with many beliefs and mysteries from ancient times. In ancient Greece, an owl was a companion of Athena who was the goddess of wisdom in ancient Greece. That’s why the owl is linked with knowledge and wisdom. Athena was a warrior goddess so the owl was considered to be the protector of the armies of Athena.
The Other mystery that was linked with owls in ancient times is death, evil, and superstitions. To date, in many areas of the world owls and the blood of owls are used in a different type of evil and satanic rituals.