An update on one of the owl families...
These owlets are a few weeks old and can now be left alone while both adults hunt at twilight. There is a third owlet but not in these pictures--must be hiding.
These owlets are a few weeks old and can now be left alone while both adults hunt at twilight. There is a third owlet but not in these pictures--must be hiding.
They will remain in the nest for about six weeks, then find a nearby branch.
The young start roaming from the nest to nearby branches at six or seven weeks, when they are called "branchers", but they cannot fly well until nine or ten weeks.
The Great Horned Owl has long earlike tufts, an intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and a deep hooting voice--a well known series of "Hoo H'hoos! They are adaptable birds and live from the Arctic to South America. They are at home in suburbia as well as in woods and farmlands.
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