Gonna pose a question for the biologist (don't recall who it was exactly) that had done their thesis on Great Horned Owls and had posted about same maybe a year ago...
Okay, here's the set-up. Yesterday a bunch of local swells attending an SPCA wildlife rehab facility charity benefit released 7 rehabilitated juvie great horned owls. All within an hour of one another, all from the same release point on a local horse ranch. While this spot is obviously prime owl habitat (oak savannah woodlands, lotta mice, and a lotta edges) it's a safe assumption that it's brimming with adult GH owls already.
[Might also mention that these folks bid at auction for the opportunity just to release the owls, paying as much as $10K apiece Mucho cases of donated local wine being poured]
Q: Occurs to me that the resident GH owls might be more than a little bit territorial. Do you expect these 7 newly released YOY are gonna work it out to find a territory of their own, or are they gonna get killed/ starve to death?
LionHo
Okay, here's the set-up. Yesterday a bunch of local swells attending an SPCA wildlife rehab facility charity benefit released 7 rehabilitated juvie great horned owls. All within an hour of one another, all from the same release point on a local horse ranch. While this spot is obviously prime owl habitat (oak savannah woodlands, lotta mice, and a lotta edges) it's a safe assumption that it's brimming with adult GH owls already.
[Might also mention that these folks bid at auction for the opportunity just to release the owls, paying as much as $10K apiece Mucho cases of donated local wine being poured]
Q: Occurs to me that the resident GH owls might be more than a little bit territorial. Do you expect these 7 newly released YOY are gonna work it out to find a territory of their own, or are they gonna get killed/ starve to death?
LionHo