# @rspb on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cvh-IzrtcOE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34269754-rspb-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/60c950eeba.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-08-04T17:22:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** RSPB (@rspb) — https://gondola.cc/rspb

## Caption

A baby Barn Owl testing out its wings captured by @luke_brady_johnson 

It takes a long time for baby Barn Owls to fledge, it’s around the 7 week mark that they first start their wing flapping exercises. By 8-9 weeks they will have made their first short flights, and by 10 weeks they are able to take to the sky, hunt and find their own territory. 

#InternationalOwlAwarenessday

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