Female Great Horned Owl - Sitting On Her Nest, Hiding In Plain Sight!
How do you tell the sex of a Great Horned Owl? Well, I don't have the absolutely positive answer, but from what I've read, once nesting begins, the female is the only member of the mated pair that actually sits on the nest, while the male procures food for the female and the chicks (once hatched).
We watched a bare deciduous tree, which hosted this female tending her nest and a male, which was present on multiple occasions early in the mornings.
The male provided food for the female, while she sat on her nest, which blended into the tree branches pretty darned well.
And...in a couple of weeks, this tree will leaf-out, at which time these owls will be virtually invisible to passing motorists.
Fun times indeed!!!
Female Great Horned Owl - Sitting On Her Nest, Hiding In Plain Sight!
How do you tell the sex of a Great Horned Owl? Well, I don't have the absolutely positive answer, but from what I've read, once nesting begins, the female is the only member of the mated pair that actually sits on the nest, while the male procures food for the female and the chicks (once hatched).
We watched a bare deciduous tree, which hosted this female tending her nest and a male, which was present on multiple occasions early in the mornings.
The male provided food for the female, while she sat on her nest, which blended into the tree branches pretty darned well.
And...in a couple of weeks, this tree will leaf-out, at which time these owls will be virtually invisible to passing motorists.
Fun times indeed!!!