When I went out to sit with Hoot, the female Great Horned Owl, and her
owlets on Sunday, 04-11-21, I found her on the nest with the owlets. For
the past several days she had moved from the nest and has been perched
over looking the nest from above.
It was about 1715 hrs when Hoot
stated feeding the owlets with what looked like a rabbit that was
already in the nest. The owlets initially had their backs to me while
feeding, but before they were done they moved around facing me. Hoot was
still feeding the owlets went I heard the crows mobbing something in
the distance, but not from Give a Hoot’s normal area. Although, in a few
minutes I would find out it was Give a Hoot being mobbed.
Give a
Hoot showed up with a few crows following him, before he landed about
30 yards from the nest. Hoot began doing some soft squawks to him.
Before too long Give a Hoot brought with what looked like a bird to the
nest. He left the prey, then flew off landing about 20 yards before
starting some territorial calls. Eventually, he flew further away from
the nest area. This was the first time I saw Give a Hoot bring food to
the nest. He dropped off the prey about two hours before sunset.
Hoot
continued feeding the owlets and after having a couple tender moments
with them she flew off the nest at 1842 hours. She flew off the nest the
same direction that Give a Hoot flew.
I watched the owlets for a
bit longer before packing up my equipment. Today I observed them from
1630 hrs to shortly after 1900 hrs.
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