I went hiking and looking for the Great Horned Owlets at 6:45 am this morning. I guessed that after all the rain locally, including last night, the owls would be somewhat out in the open trying to dry off. I was not disappointed, and found all three young owls and their Mom. My estimate is the owlets are about two months and ten days old. Notice in today’s photograph how almost all the down in gone, and the young birds are beginning to look very grown up. Although the parent owls will continue to help feed the owlets through early fall, very shortly the youngsters will have to start also hunting on their own. Normally, it becomes easier to find the owlets once they are hunting because they spend much more time down lower to the ground, rather than high up in the canopy of leaves.

Great Horned Owlets (pics taken this morning)