Unexpected Stow Away.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/family-find-baby-owl-living-in-christmas-tree-13031464

What a hoot!

[roopower]

This certainly tops the two sparrows we found in our (artificial ) tree one year. I feel our cats knew something about that! We opened the window and the sparrows flew to freedom. 

[Togo]

I would have thought 7 Swans, 6 Geese, 4 Calling Birds, 3 French hens, 2 Turtle Doves or a partridge appropriate    ...   but an Owl? Our old traditions are being destroyed I tells ya. 🦉

[youngmafbog]

Oh no, arnt baby owls protected?  Plod will be feeling their collar, 10 squad cars and a meat wagon at least.

[johnk]

Are you sure it's not a little owl, they are very small.

[naomi24]

My husband said the DJs on Radio One this morning were asking people to search their Christmas trees for owls.... and singing choruses of 'No-owl, no-owl, no-owl, no-owl ....'    :o)

[Peter Pedant]

ickle baby owl....

is it a horned owl? - any owl twitchers out there?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_owl

[Peter Pedant]

an ickle baby owl (owlet) needs its muvva , innit

so I wondered if it were an adult - perhaps the finder thought it was a baby and the bird sanctuary said - ay oop  lad.....