From Chris-Lisa Thomison
Introducing the wee “Little Hoot” aka Pumpkin (as named by Gap Creek elementary students).
Pumpkin/Little Hoot was found grounded after a rotten tree fell.
He’s only a few days old.
This is the tiniest Screech ever brought to us.
He will be in an incubator for a good while.
The good news is he’s doing very well. Eating and staying warm and snug.
Big thanks to the kind folks who found him.
At first, I thought you were talking about its eyes since they are so visible without the feathers, and I was going to say “yes, owl eyes are very proportionally large. If we had eyes like that, they would be grapefruit or softball sized.”
Then I went and look closer at the photo and saw you were referring to something else! 😆
I guess technically those would be the butt cheeks, which is still funny. Their legs have 3 segments, unlike our 2. If this were a chicken, those would be the thigh portions.