It's not the usual thing you'd
expect to find in a kitchen - but these orphaned baby owls seemed right
at home as they nestled in two cups.
The feathered pair were clearly having a hoot after moving into the home of their wildlife park keeper, Jimmy Robinson.
The
six-week-old burrowing owlets, nicknamed Linford and Christie, were
hatched in an incubator, and are now being hand-reared by Jimmy - who
works at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire - and are given 24-hour
care.
He named the birds after the former
Olympic gold medallist in honour of this year's Games being held in
London (where Linford Christie is coaching some of the athletes).
Fortunately, the native American
birds can
find plenty of nooks and crannies around his one-bedroom flat to hide, and Jimmy has
to keep a keen eye on the tiny creatures as they try to blend in.
The
pair seek refuge in plenty of weird and wonderful places including tea
cups in the kitchen, bookcases and the dog basket of his Saluki, 'JT'.
Jimmy,
25, said: 'As I spend so much time with them, they do look at me as
their surrogate mum and will follow me around the house or sit on my
shoulder.
'They also enjoy the security of
sitting inside their teacups and sugar bowls and like to find small
spaces on my bookshelf and in between my DVD collection to snuggle up
into.
'Basically, I have
had to have them with me 24 hours a day, every day, and that means
taking them home with me in the evening and getting up in the middle of
the night to feed them. They always seem to find me at meal times. 
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