Baby Owls Are a Hoot With Passersby at Shoreline Park in Santa Barbara

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - For months, eagles in a Big Bear Lake nest have been watched with a secret camera, now some Great Horned owls have provided a nature show in Santa Barbara in plain sight.

The three owlets are the most active in the evening and morning hours.

They are in a large eucalyptus tree by an entrance way and steps to the beach.

Some people are staring at the tree for minutes because the young birds and their two adult parents are concealed by their colors and can blend in.

They sometimes jump from branch to branch and that's when they are easily located.

The Santa Barbara City Parks Department has cordoned off a small area where the public could create a disturbance but apparently the birds, so far, don't mind.

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