Owls can have several broods over the course of a year. GHO stay in the nest for about 6 weeks before they reach the brancher stage this one was found at. Another couple weeks and he should be flying ok within the outdoor enclosure but in the wild both parents would continue to feed him for several months until he is developed enough to completely fend for himself. Raptors almost always have long growth and care cycles when compared with other birds. Owls do vary widely in how long the young are fed after they start flying though. I believe the Barn Owl only feeds them about a month once the young start flying before they start the next nesting cycle. But the Barn Owl young stay in the nest for 60 days before they even start flying.
~Liz On 4/9/11 6:28 AM, "John Sessoms" <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >From: Liz Masoner > >> It's not a cormorant but I was happy to get a chance to photograph a >>baby >> great horned owl at the local wildlife center today. He'll be with the >> center until about August when he's old enough to fend for himself. >> >> http://lizmasoner.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/i-love-the-shot/ >> > >I wonder why it's so late developing? > >Around here (North Carolina) it's just about time for the chicks to have >fledged and mama would have kicked them out of the nest (admittedly >based on a limited amount of experience watching nests). > >I'd have guessed down south where you are their development would be a >little further along. That one looks like it's only a week or so from >having its full flight feathers and being able to forage for itself. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
