Female Great Horned Owl Spreads Wings Wide In Threatening Display – Feb. 22, 2022
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In a striking display, the
In a striking display, the female Great Horned Owl covers up her nestling and exhibits a defensive, threatening posture as a warning to an encroaching passerby. Great Horned Owls respond to intruders and other threats with bill-clapping, hisses, screams, and guttural noises, eventually spreading their wings and striking with their feet if the threat escalates. That's one protective mama!
For those wondering about the female's different-sized pupils, it's thought that the bird may have had some previous trauma to the left eye (before the current breeding season). We reached out to Cornell wildlife veterinarians at the beginning of the breeding season, and they noted that since it looks clear and comfortable, it is likely inactive and probably no longer a concern. It is thought that nocturnal owls can function just fine in the wild with only one good eye, since they rely primarily on their hearing to find prey in the dark, and there is ongoing research to understand how eye injuries might affect these wild birds.
Watch live at www.allaboutbirds.org/savannahowls
Interested in learning more about owls? Sign up for our self-paced, online course "The Wonderful World of Owls" from the Cornell Lab's Bird Academy: https://hubs.la/Q012pdgP0
During the Fall of 2014, a pair of Great Horned Owls began frequenting an abandoned Bald Eagle nest adjacent to a protected, nutrient-rich salt marsh along the Georgia coast. This nest sat nearly 80′ above one of the six Audubon International Certified golf courses at The Landings, on Skidaway Island, near Savannah, Georgia. Over the course of 2015 and 2016, a pair of owls successfully fledged four owlets from the site, but they did not return to breed in 2017.
Instead, a pair of Ospreys began renovating the nest and committed to breeding at the same site from 2017 to 2019, when the dead tree that held the nest was removed due to being designated as a falling hazard. A new nest site was erected in an adjacent tree in the fall of 2019, and the Ospreys were quick to take up residence in 2020 and 2021.
In January 2022, a pair of Great Horned Owls returned to the cam site to nest for the first time since 2016.
Great Horned Owls are fierce predators that hunt a diverse assortment of prey. They are generally nocturnal hunters, but will also hunt in broad daylight. Throughout the nesting period, the owls may arrive at the nest site with meals of small- to medium-sized mammals, reptiles, fish, and birds of all sizes.
Female Great Horned Owls spend most of the time at the nest caring for eggs and owlets while males hunt for food. After fledging, young may remain with their parents for 3–4 months before dispersing from natal territories.
Learn more about Great Horned Owls from the Cornell Lab’s All About Birds online field guide at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/G...
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For those wondering about the female's different-sized pupils, it's thought that the bird may have had some previous trauma to the left eye (before the current breeding season). We reached out to Cornell wildlife veterinarians at the beginning of the breeding season, and they noted that since it looks clear and comfortable, it is likely inactive and probably no longer a concern. It is thought that nocturnal owls can function just fine in the wild with only one good eye, since they rely primarily on their hearing to find prey in the dark, and there is ongoing research to understand how eye injuries might affect these wild birds.
Watch live at www.allaboutbirds.org/savannahowls
Interested in learning more about owls? Sign up for our self-paced, online course "The Wonderful World of Owls" from the Cornell Lab's Bird Academy: https://hubs.la/Q012pdgP0
During the Fall of 2014, a pair of Great Horned Owls began frequenting an abandoned Bald Eagle nest adjacent to a protected, nutrient-rich salt marsh along the Georgia coast. This nest sat nearly 80′ above one of the six Audubon International Certified golf courses at The Landings, on Skidaway Island, near Savannah, Georgia. Over the course of 2015 and 2016, a pair of owls successfully fledged four owlets from the site, but they did not return to breed in 2017.
Instead, a pair of Ospreys began renovating the nest and committed to breeding at the same site from 2017 to 2019, when the dead tree that held the nest was removed due to being designated as a falling hazard. A new nest site was erected in an adjacent tree in the fall of 2019, and the Ospreys were quick to take up residence in 2020 and 2021.
In January 2022, a pair of Great Horned Owls returned to the cam site to nest for the first time since 2016.
Great Horned Owls are fierce predators that hunt a diverse assortment of prey. They are generally nocturnal hunters, but will also hunt in broad daylight. Throughout the nesting period, the owls may arrive at the nest site with meals of small- to medium-sized mammals, reptiles, fish, and birds of all sizes.
Female Great Horned Owls spend most of the time at the nest caring for eggs and owlets while males hunt for food. After fledging, young may remain with their parents for 3–4 months before dispersing from natal territories.
Learn more about Great Horned Owls from the Cornell Lab’s All About Birds online field guide at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/G...
#birdcams #live #owl #owls #birds #wildlife #nature #nowplaying #georgia
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