OK, hatch is imminent...we have peeping in an egg, but no pip yet. Check out the video of the owlet in the egg peeping while Iris is away from the nest for a bit.
Alice the Great Horned Owl is a permanently injured owl who works at the Houston Nature Center in Houston, MN and lives with her handler, Karla Bloem. Rusty and Iris are Great Horned Owls that are both blind in their right eyes and cannot live in the wild. Rusty and Iris are breeding in captivity as part of Karla's vocal study on Great Horned Owls. All together they have led to the creation of an International Owl Center in Houston, MN and an International Festival of Owls.
Oh how special TY
ReplyDeleteVery vocal, takes after its father! And seemed to increase for a bit after each round of hoots.
ReplyDelete3:33am Iris left the nest. Still only 3 eggs, but very squeaky ones. Iris returned at 3:41am. Some hoot-fest in the background, Rusty + another owl.
ReplyDeleteBABY!!!!! I just saw 1 baby at 9am MST time. I also saw 1 egg. Hooray!!!
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