Safety Harbor Owlet Gets Its Colors
by L Bosco
Title
Safety Harbor Owlet Gets Its Colors
Artist
L Bosco
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
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A week has gone by since I last photographed the three little owls and their parents in the Philippe Park "owl tree". Compared to the photo fro, a week ago on this pageThe owlet is much more colorful and growing its striped wings and dark eye coloring around its eyes.. It still isn't moving out of the nest. The gaggle of photographers watched and waited for the parents to fly and the babies to pose. We were not disappointed. I did miss the arrival of breakfast this morning, a rather large rat.
There are other owl photo with adult owls from the same tree. This year, the adult was a little further from the nest. The nest is fairly crowded as they have three owlets this year. Bird watching is very popular here, so at anytime there are a half dozen or so tripods set up under the nest as everyone waits to get the best shot. Both parents take part in providing food for young owls. Young may leave the nest and climb on nearby branches at 5 weeks, can fly at about 9-10 weeks; tended and fed by parents for up to several months. Hopefully, we will have some of those photos.
Found almost throughout North America and much of South America is this big owl. Aggressive and powerful in its hunting (sometimes known by nicknames such as "tiger owl"), it takes prey as varied as rabbits, hawks, snakes, and even skunks, and will even attack porcupines, often with fatal results for both prey and predator. Great Horned Owls begin nesting very early in Florida and their deep hoots may be heard rolling across the forest on mid-winter nights.
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March 6th, 2021
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