Last Thursday I decided to check up on the great horned owl nest in Lakeville. The last time that i visited the nest was the end of March. At that point I could barely see two chicks covered in white down peeking over the sides of the nest. They certainly have grown since then. The mother was at the nest but took off into the woods while I was parking across the street in the strip mall parking lot. Both chicks are still in the nest but the older of the two has lost most of the down and looks a lot like a smaller version of an adult. The smaller chick has also lost a lot of its down but still has more on the head then its sibling. They were both visible in the nest when I was there. At this point they will be branching soon, if they have not already begun, and will probably leave the nest some time in May. I did get some pictures and posted them on my blog as well as a picture that I took of the chicks back in March and several pictures of the adults.
Thanks, Jeff Fischer http://ecobirder.blogspot.com/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
