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Discussion => General Discussions => Topic started by: Trillian Flummox on February 19, 2013, 01:52:19 PM

Title: Great Horned Owl Hatch Watch
Post by: Trillian Flummox on February 19, 2013, 01:52:19 PM

The Great Horned Owl in Oklahoma is now officially on "hatch watch". She has two eggs that are predicted to hatch sometime between Feb 19-23.
Here's the link to her camera:  http://www.ustream.tv/okcowlcam

-kris  :)

Title: Re: Great Horned Owl Hatch Watch
Post by: polycracker on February 19, 2013, 09:15:47 PM

Thanks for posting this.   :)

Title: Re: Great Horned Owl Hatch Watch
Post by: Trillian Flummox on February 23, 2013, 09:53:00 PM

The first egg has now hatched - still waiting on the second. Best time to tune in seems to be evenings after 8 pm when female is alert. Tonight around 9:30 you could hear her and her mate hooting back and forth while he hunted for her dinner. Very cool watching him land on the railing and deliver a rat. Occasionally she shifts position enough to glimpse the white owlet, and if you crank the volume you might hear the peeping.

-kris

here's some video of the owlet's first feeding:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjZyUqLIFso