Last Friday’s effort to renest three great horned owl nestlings was successful, the Peninsula Humane Society reported this week.
Volunteers stayed in the park near the site of the nest for four hours the same day the owlets were renested; they played a recording of owlets’ cries on a loudspeaker. Volunteers saw the parents flying in an out of the tree throughout the night. They didn’t see the parents in the nest, but remained confident it would simply be a matter of time, according to PHS officials.
The following day, volunteers confirmed that the parents were actively engaged in caring for the newly renested owlets. In addition, park rangers kept watch for the parents at the nest site over the Easter weekend, according to the PHS.
Great horned owls start breeding early in late January to early February, and their owlets hatch in March/April. Great horned owls are extremely dedicated parents, and usually continue to feed the babies until well after they can fly, sometimes up to five months after they are hatched. Most great horned owlets are not truly independent from their parents until they are ready to start breeding — usually in December, according to the PHS.
The owlets came into PHS’s care on Saturday, April 19, when they were found grounded by a park ranger, near the base of a eucalyptus tree in one of our popular county parks. The owlets were not harmed, according to the PHS.
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