At sunset last night we noticed a second Great Horned Owl sitting at the top of the tree where the nest is – the partner of the one on the nest presumably!
We’ve not seen any Herons in the nest behind our home, this winter (example from last year), but at lunchtime I noticed “something” there so got my high zoom camera out to take a closer look.
Here’s a photo of the general view with the Heron nest in the distance; it’s hard to spot that there’s something there, but take the camera to maximum zoom, and we find a Great Horned Owl!
UPDATE: I videoed the Owl for a while – turns out they are really quite inactive! But when it stands and looks around under itself near the end, I wonder if it’s checking eggs …
Another visit to Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (previous visits here and here). This time I got Apple Memories to put together a video of the photos I took:
If you prefer, here are some of the photos I took:
M&I / GBMINI 