Owl caught on Royal Caribbean ship in Florida

[flamingos]

The owl hitched a ride on the Symphony of the Seas cruise ship and joined passengers for their two-week holiday.

 

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent a biologist when the ship returned to help get the bird off the ship before the new passengers embarked for their trip to Mexico.

 

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/03/08/cruisin-for-a-hoo-liday-owl-caught-on-royal-caribbean-ship-in-florida/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wkmg6&fbclid=IwAR0iNKUS4B-p6R0awouejqR9qrU4ngOGBAJx3iyxGmbNTGWoOcJ4AADgqD0

[Starry Eyes]

How many times must we remind guests with special dietary requirements to contact special needs department before embarking on their cruise?  🤣🤣🤣 

 

That burrowing owl likely left the ship quite hungry.

Edited March 9, 2023 by Starry Eyes

[Neeny12]

No birth certificate or passport but I bet he had a hoot of a cruise. 🦉💕

[soremekun]

Perfect.  It probably helped keep down the mice in Central Park.

[Starry Eyes]

12 minutes ago, soremekun said:

Perfect.  It probably helped keep down the mice in Central Park.

Hmm, maybe the owl was looking for a Disney ship….bigger mice.

[smokeybandit]

"FWC said the owl’s normal diet of insects, reptiles, birds, frogs and rodents means a cruise ship is not an ideal long-term habitat."

Great, another passenger complaining about the lack of good food on board.

[neverbeenhere]

If this is the culprit, please inform him that it is “Save the Waves”. 

[DaKahuna]

But the most important question -- Did he give the staff extra gratuties before leaving? 

[soremekun]

Good job @flamingos

A brief moment of levity.  We are all privileged to be able to cruise.  It's good to just poke fun at things once in a while.

[molly361]

17 hours ago, flamingos said:

The owl hitched a ride on the Symphony of the Seas cruise ship and joined passengers for their two-week holiday.

 

 

WHO??😇🤣

[SilkySal]

On one of our cruises last year, a small hawk flew into a window on the pool deck and attempted to leave out of a window on the other side but slammed into a closed window, then fell to the floor. We placed a napkin over the bird to see if it was ok. It was breathing but unconscious. A wildlife rehabber just happened to be on board and asked to see the bird. We handed the bird to her to check it for injuries, and it seemed to have no injuries. She took the bird to the upper level of the pool area to wait and see if the bird would wake up. After several minutes, the small hawk woke up, so she sat it down on the open deck, where it flapped its wings and flew upwards, circled the ship as if to say thank you, and flew back to land. So glad it survived!!

[RFerrington]

We saw the owl on our SY cruise !  It was unbelievably cute.  We were dining at Chops and it came hopping by the window, looking directly at us with those huge eyes.  So sweet.

[clackey]

We had a pair of morning doves cruise from Mobile to Cozumel.  I have picture somewhere.  Too lazy to fly south, I guess.