Single mother, new to the neighborhood

[madamesilverspurs]

She's roosting in an abandoned heron's nest from last year, about 60 feet up
in an old cottonwood tree along the Poudre River.

Friend took the photo this morning.


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[lillypaddle]

1. Awww ... send out the Welcome Wagon

(do those still exist?). Great picture.

[teddy51]

2. Nature at it's finest! Beautiful indeed! n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. What a handsome family!

I would be thrilled to have them move into my neighborhood!

Congrats!

[Fawke Em]

4. I've trying to attack an owl for years!

I want one around to eat some of the bugs and mice that get into by garden.

I have a bat or a few, now, and they help with the mosquitoes, but they're teeny and don't "do" vermin.

[BlueJazz]

8. You Animal! How can you attack a poor little owl???

[onlyadream]

10. I think he or she meant "attract"

Damn u autocorrect!

[BlueJazz]

15. I knew that but thought I'd pull a Rosanne Rosannadana.

[TheWraith]

5. Probably not a single mom, actually.

Great Horned Owls are highly territorial and both will incubate the eggs. You're probably only seeing one of the adults at a time though, as one will protect the nest while the other goes out and hunts.

[rustydog]

6. "Owl be seeing you in all the old familiar places!"

[emilyg]

9. ...... +1

[arthritisR_US]

7. Awww, TY :) nt

[irisblue]

11. i brought mac & cheese to the new family across the street

did you bring over a tray of mice or voles? great photo

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. Repubs would chastise her for her single mother status

[Mimosa]

13. Great photo!

There are some new owls in my neighborhood. I'm thrilled they're here.

BTW, owls, like swans and all the larger birds, mate for life. They will find another mate if their significant other is killed. It can make a person tired to observe parent birds taking turns feeding the nestlings.

[Zax2me]

14. A stay at home mom.

Hope she still receives everyones support!

[Cleita]

16. Don't owls build their own nests?

We had quite a drama in our woods a few years back when an owl evicted a Red Tail Hawk couple out of their nest they had built and the owl settled in to start and raise her own family. I thought maybe it was just a weird thing that happened but is it that they don't build their own nests? I really don't know much about them.