It's not necessarily an animation, but more like a practice run an animator would make for a character they are working on. It's to make sure the model has no problems doing certain movements when it comes to animating later on in the process.
So far, my owl will be able to 1) Rotate his head 2) Flutter his wings 3) Walk on his legs (yet to be modeled) 4) Move his Beak. Cant' wait to get this little man up and running!