With cold air this morning but warm days recently, there’s a beautiful view behind our home!
Smoke on the water
Two Great Horned Owls
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!
Distant nest in Independence
Great Horned Owl on the nest
Partner Great Horned Owl, nearby
Great Horned Owl
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!
Distant nest in Independence
Great Horned Owl on the nest
Great Horned Owl on the nest
Great Horned Owl on the nest
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 …
M&I / GBMINI 