A pair of burrowing owls has finally made it home to Miami after a cruise adventure to Spain (CW 16 Dec 2025). After sneaking onto Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas last year during her 10-night voyage to Spain, the birds had to remain in the country for a series...
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A pair of burrowing owls has finally made it home to Miami after a cruise adventure to Spain (CW 16 Dec 2025).
After sneaking onto Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas last year during her 10-night voyage to Spain, the birds had to remain in the country for a series of quarantines before they could make the journey back to Florida.
“We’ve had a few instances [where owls] landed on a cruise ship, but this is the first time they made it all the way to another country,” said Madison Cole, the avian conservation coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The process took a year in total, and according to Cole, it was only possible through the collective effort of “so many different people…who just genuinely wanted to make sure that the owls returned home”.
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