Too wet to woo! Soggy owl looks unimpressed with Scottish weather
A tiny spectacled owl was left unimpressed after being drenched by a downpour.
Owl Aztec, aged four months old, lives at the Scottish Owl Centre in Whitburn, West Lothian, and had his first experience of the rain when he was caught in heavy showers on Sunday.
The fluff ball was in an outside aviary at the bird centre when a keeper snapped him peering intently into the camera – with wide eyes and dampened feathers.
Owl Aztec, aged four months old, lives at the Scottish Owl Centre in Whitburn, West Lothian, and had his first experience of the rain when he was caught in heavy showers on Sunday
Lauren Walker, 26, a keeper at the centre, said: “He was in an aviary off show.
She said: ‘This was his first time experiencing heavy rain. He wasn’t very impressed.
‘He had been out for a couple of hours and when we brought him back he was dried off within a few hours.”
Born at the centre in June, Aztec won’t grow much bigger, but will change in colour – with a black back and creamy buff colour on his front.
Native to South America, spectacled owls are the only species of owl to reside permanently in the Amazon rainforest.
In the wild they primarily feast on rodents, small mammals and frogs.
Lauren said: ‘Aztec was born here and we have his parents here. He won’t get much bigger but he’ll be fluffy for quite a while.
‘He’ll look completely different once he loses the fluff.’
Native to South America, spectacled owls are the only species of owl to reside permanently in the Amazon rainforest (file photo)