The Great Horned Owl is widely spread across North America. It is also fairly common, yet not particularly easy to find. There is, however, a local nest site that had been used other years. It merited exploratory visits.
With the Great Horned, both parents attend the nest, and as far as I can tell, both have been seen, but on different occasions. They have two owlets, but I have only seen one.
This is one of the parents.
The markings of this owl seem different, so I assume it is the other parent.
The star of today’s visit was one of their owlets.
Wonderful, thank you Alistair
Fabulous photos of the owls. The baby is priceless. Thanks so much!
Great photos – love the owlets! There are now 3
The first baby owl I have ever seen and what a cutie. Many thanks again for those great photos .