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Great Horned Owls..Nesting in a tree in my yard!

 
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Mar 20, 2007 21:21 |  #16

I have never seen an owl in the wild. I have heard one or two on occasion. I guess RI is limited in owl population. We sure have plent of food for them!!


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Mar 22, 2007 23:45 as a reply to  @ post 2904221 |  #17

"Calindy, great shots.. only moments ago, after looking at owl picture after owl picture, I wondered if there were owls in the So Cal desert and what kind they would be... Thanks for answering that question! :wink:"

Joayne...there are BARN OWLS too, but once Great Horned Owls move in, the barn owls leave. We had barn owls living in our house when it was being built! That is when I learned how great owls are at rodent control...yuck!!

The male was in another joshua tree in our yard this evening, looking for dinner I bet!


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Mar 31, 2007 14:51 as a reply to  @ Calindy's post |  #18

I THINK we have babies! I see fuzzy white feathers that look like owlet feathers, but I will have to wait till they peek their cute little heads out of the nest to get photos of them. Here is the male owl checking in on the female in the nest.


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Mar 31, 2007 15:11 |  #19

He is ruffling his feathers!!

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Mar 31, 2007 16:58 |  #20

This is just too cool! Keep the pictures coming. I can't wait to see the cute little babies!


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Apr 01, 2007 13:55 |  #21

WE HAVE OWLETS!!!!!!! I saw 2 so far, they are very little, I only saw them a few seconds when they opened their mouths (must be hungry!)


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Apr 01, 2007 22:49 as a reply to  @ Calindy's post |  #22

Here are some better shots of the new babies....

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Apr 01, 2007 23:06 |  #23

Cool, Nice work. Like a few of the others, wild owls are a bit hard to come by where I live.


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Apr 02, 2007 00:32 |  #24

That's fantastic. They sure look big already. :)


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Apr 02, 2007 00:46 as a reply to  @ post 2904221 |  #25

Great shots .Can't wait to see the kids. jcrane


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Apr 03, 2007 13:50 |  #26

Great shots there. I'm sure your yard is now free of rodents, or soon will be!


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Apr 03, 2007 22:26 |  #27

Sleeping next to Mommy and stretching wings after waking up!


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Apr 03, 2007 22:28 |  #28

Fabulous shots! Thanks for the follow up. I'll look forward to seeing more of these little ones as they progress.



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Apr 03, 2007 22:41 |  #29

Cute. I can't get over those ears are just feathers. Strange adaptation.


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Apr 04, 2007 21:10 |  #30

canonloader wrote in post #2981367 (external link)
Cute. I can't get over those ears are just feathers. Strange adaptation.

I never thought of that! What evolutionary advantage would the appearance of ears give a bird for reproduction or survival?.. Perhaps in looking like an animal put off hunters of some sort. . . .or maybe the females just had ear fetishes!


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