Raising of a Great Horned Owl
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2014
- Two baby great horned owls fell out of the nest at 7 days old, one was dead. The living owls eyes were not even opened yet. We cared for him for 2 weeks and then took him to a rehab facility. We think he had a couple of strokes from the 50 ft fall.
After 3 weeks I picked him up because they have to relocate where they fell. I put the owl in an old nest about 20 feet up in the tree. The mom and dad came over to the tree to watch over the baby, we were so happy for them getting back together. A couple of days later the baby was screaming for food on our porch. We tried hard to get him back with his "family". Apparently mama isn't feeding him/her. So I made a feeding table with a perch to keep him off of the ground and away from other animals and off of my deck and furniture. He's hunting worms now and eating live prey, hopefully he will venture out soon.
I would've never thought owls enjoyed lil birb baths 😂👍
The eyes of an owl are soo innocent
Bless these folks for helping the baby owl. So fluffy & cute!💕🦉💕 Baby is growing in the later parts of the vid, so these folks put a lot of love, time, & effort into raising this little miracle.
I had the good fortune of tracking two owlets and the mom and dad from April to August in 2009. What an education I received. The biggest treat was realizing that the mom or dad took turns watching the babies and would use my back yard as a respite spot when the adults needed alone time. Only one parent would show up. It was funny we all need alone time. I witness the stages of their growth all the way to witnessing the parents teach the young ones how to fly in and out of the trees into the fields and back to the tree. It was awesome. At one point all 4 were in the same tree. The owlets always together were on one branch looking at me and the parents on another branch also looking at me. Priceless photograph of the entire family. I felt so bless.
You did a great job with this baby. Thanks for sharing!
One of the CUTEST babies. EVER.😍🥰❤
I fished a place in New Jersey calling round valley.
One of the most beautiful birds of prey and simpatetic!! ❤😊
Such a beautiful bird! Great video and great job.
These are special birds and you're special people! Thanks for your kindness and thanks for sharing your special story!
He is just beautiful, adorable and so mischievous
So much pleasure watching this!
To those saying "him". If you look at one of the recent comments, it actually was a "her." The people in the video did what they could with what they had to help rehabilitate her. Under a lot of circumstances, the best you can hope for is familiarity and not "imprinting." Imprinting is what you see on a lot of owl montage videos where people either acquired them as hatchlings and raised them from such and treated them as pets, or rescued an injured owl who could no longer survive on its own in the wild. When you have a hatchling who hasn't opened its eyes yet, once it does it "imprints," on the first thing it regularly sees. Even most wild animals in that circumstance will become somewhat docile and "domesticated," (though not entirely) and with no lessons in surviving on its own become dependent on the "mother."
I know this video was from 2014, but I was wondering how long the baby hung around. At least it was smart enough to hang around where it knew someone would feed it. Thanks for being that person. 🦅❤🦅
That screech at the end was perfect lol!
Beautiful mother nature. Thank you very much for this visit. Love this. 😘😘😘
To have a wild owl just fluffing itself in a bath in your back garden... amaaaazing. I was out at a local marshland in Kent U.K. today watching short eared owls hunting.....x
I remember seeing one of these for the first time in NWT in whiteout driving conditions. It flew from bumper height right over our station wagon and scared all of us.
Awesome job of documenting this experience! Great video! Thank you for rescuing this stunning owl, who's still out there somewhere living his or her life thanks to you!
I'm dead from cuteness attack.