Great Horned Owl Family at Sunset

I made a trip over to the Great Horned Owl nesting site a bit before sunset yesterday evening. It was some super evening’s entertainment.

I found Twin #1 almost immediately

Finding Mom and Twin #2 was more difficult. The second owlet was hiding behind Mom, but it finally popped out to say hello. There was only ten minutes of light left when this opportunity suddenly presented myself (out of two hours on site). The crow may be seen much easier in the second of these two images.

And the crow was quite obvious 20 minutes earlier, but the Twin was hiding. If you maximize this photo and stare closely at the Mom’s head, you will be able to just barely see a bit of the owlet’s outline. Trust me, it’s there!

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