This past weekend, I took a trip up to Harveyville Kansas to do some non-resident turkey hunting. Of course I always bring my camera with me wherever I go. While trying to roost birds, I ran into this tree cavity that Great Horned owls have been using.
Mother was safeguarding the nest, but at some point and time, she must find food for her young. I frequently visited this spot with hopes that the owlet would show its face. And sure enough, a couple more trips back and that fluffy ball of cuteness was looking at me with the most annoyed stare.
Great Horn Owls will generally produce 1-2 owlets a year. In rare cases up to 3. After mating during the winter, they will sit on the egg for roughly 28 days until hatched, at which point the young will stay in the nest until fledged which most of the time takes 6 weeks.
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