Saint Patrick’s Day Surprise and hard to believe…yes, a pair of Great Horned Owlets.
Great Horned Owls are the earliest of nesters being found on a nest mid-February and March.
Incubation period is around 30-35 days…the owlets will be out of the nest but remain in the nest tree around 6 weeks old
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Like all young they are unable to hunt and rely on the adults to be feed them…they do like rabbits among other things.
From what I witnessed these owls are now able to fly…though their landing skills look somewhat miscalculated and funny to watch.
My best guesstimate would be the eggs had been laid in mind December.
I’m sure this early nesting will be a Manitoba record.