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.
Karla, does the male owl do much with the care of the owlets? Will he begin feeding them eventually? Or, is his job in the wild to provide food for the female? What is his parental role?
ReplyDeleteDad just brings food. He doesn't tear it up for them or do anything other than drop it off. So he's not able to feed them directly until they can handle whole prey themselves. And yes, he gives food to mom too.
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