A small burrowing owl that flew onboard the world’s second-largest cruise ship in Florida unwittingly ended up on a two-week Caribbean vacation and has since made headlines.
The burrowing owl boarded Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas while the ship was docked in January. When passengers who were sailing around the Caribbean spotted the brown-feathered bird perched on railings, exit signs, and planters on deck, even scouting out the luxury shopping section, they alerted the crew, and a plan was hatched to rescue the owl when the ship returned to Florida.
(Courtesy of MyFWC.com)
However, with only an hour between passengers disembarking from the ship on Jan. 21 and new passengers arriving for a week-long trip to Mexico, the ship’s environmental officer called ahead to secure the help of Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologist Ricardo Zambrano….