I’m a God Poppa to my owls again!!!
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For the third year in a row I have found the Lester / Amity Great Horned Owl nest, and yesterday evening I was convinced I saw downy tail feathers. With today’s warmer weather I did a return hike and jackpot … one of the owlets was out enjoying what all Duluthians are enjoying … warmth and sun.
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I don’t normally “mark up” photographs, but the owlet is pretty easy to miss otherwise. I suspect the first owlet may have been born on my birthday last week. The youngsters spend about 7 days under the mom before venturing outside.
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The female has been on the nest non-stop since February 15th. She does all the incubating and fledging. The male does all the hunting at this point. The Mom still has about a 2-3 weeks to go before she will leave the nest for the first time … when both parents will need to hunt in order to feed the hungry family. to hunt to feed a hungry family.
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This year’s nest is so very hard to see, but once the owlets start walking on the branches, I should get some decent views.
Yesterday evening … tail feathers that look “downy”
Return visit this morning!
Wow! Great observations.
this just made the day. so happy you saw them- and congratulations!!!!!! thanks so much for sharing this joy and beauty
So enjoy your posts!
Rich = congrats Grandpa. Any idea of the number of owlets that may be in the nest?
Jeannette
At least two … could be more. The owlets are so young at this point and under Mom. Thus hard to tell.