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She's roosting in an abandoned heron's nest from last year, about 60 feet up
in an old cottonwood tree along the Poudre River.
Friend took the photo this morning.
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lillypaddle
(9,605 posts)(do those still exist?). Great picture.
teddy51
(3,491 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(151,743 posts)I would be thrilled to have them move into my neighborhood!
Congrats!
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I want one around to eat some of the bugs and mice that get into by garden.
I have a bat or a few, now, and they help with the mosquitoes, but they're teeny and don't "do" vermin.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)onlyadream
(2,198 posts)Damn u autocorrect!
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)TheWraith
(24,331 posts)Great Horned Owls are highly territorial and both will incubate the eggs. You're probably only seeing one of the adults at a time though, as one will protect the nest while the other goes out and hunts.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,353 posts)irisblue
(33,980 posts)did you bring over a tray of mice or voles? great photo
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Mimosa
(9,131 posts)There are some new owls in my neighborhood. I'm thrilled they're here.
BTW, owls, like swans and all the larger birds, mate for life. They will find another mate if their significant other is killed. It can make a person tired to observe parent birds taking turns feeding the nestlings.
Zax2me
(2,515 posts)Hope she still receives everyones support!
Cleita
(75,480 posts)We had quite a drama in our woods a few years back when an owl evicted a Red Tail Hawk couple out of their nest they had built and the owl settled in to start and raise her own family. I thought maybe it was just a weird thing that happened but is it that they don't build their own nests? I really don't know much about them.