@Jpatten

How about this cute picture, signed and copyrighted?

Barn owlet running

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#birds
#owls

good question! It's certainly unusual for an owl chick of that age to be running on the ground, it looks far too young to have fledged, but the feathers do look about right for a young owlet.

I can imagine a world where an owlet dropped out of it's nest and was wobbling around.

I can't see anything that definitely shows it as being generated.

@Jpatten
Here's a definitive answer from 3 years ago:

petapixel.com/2021/10/25/photo…

Dutch photographer Hannie Heere was photographing barn owls when she captured an adorable shot of a baby barn owl running across grass.

Heere is 66-year-old and lives in the city of Dordrecht in The Netherlands.

Photographer Captures Baby Barn Owl Mid-Run

Dutch hobbyist photographer Hannie Heere captured an adorable photograph of a brave barn owl chick mid-run.

^{Michael Zhang (PetaPixel)}