“When they cut the top too short” This is Ted, our senior red-phase Eastern Screech Owl and one of our beloved education ambassadors. Ted’s looking a little bald right now, no he didn't get his feathers trimmed, he's just molting. Many owls will lose the feathers on their head all at once during their molt, giving them this bald look. Those tiny pinfeathers you see are brand-new ones growing in, and in about four weeks Ted will be back to his handsome, fluffy self. Molting is a natural process t