3 min read Baby Owls Won't Stop Staring Through Office Window — And It's Making Things A Little Awkward "I. Just. Can't. Even."

If folks working in offices in this building of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have the uncanny feeling that they're being watched — it's probably because they are. After all, those doing the watching are hardly being subtle about it.

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In a tweet this week, Professor Michael Lens introduced the world to a group of baby owls who'd hatched from a nest just outside his colleague's window a few weeks ago. While the chance to get an up-close look at these adorable birds growing up might seem like a wholly positive thing, it comes with one slightly unnerving caveat: They can stare right back. As the birds have gotten older, they've evidently begun directing their curiosity through the window — fixing a wide-eyed, unflinching gaze on people trying to go about their business inside this building in the Luskin School of Public Affairs. It's apparently made work a little difficult, as Lens noted: "I. Just. Can’t. Even."

Before long, Lens' tweet went viral — and others started weighing in on the little owls.

Well I’m not entirely convinced this one isn’t a cat in disguise. pic.twitter.com/UADpmqWiSd — Jason Lynn (@thejasonlynn) April 12, 2018

This needs to become a meme. I can’t stop laughing. pic.twitter.com/Xf4dk3uvOa — alexa corcoran (@alexacorcoran) April 12, 2018

The Dodo reached out to Lens and the Luskin School of Public Affairs to learn more about those little feathered Peeping Toms, but didn't immediately hear back. A post from earlier this year suggests that the birds might be great horned owls. They've nested at this building before.