After their parents left, these two juvenile Great Horned Owls sat in one of our Coast Redwood trees, staring at us and clinging to branches in the wind. At one point, a turkey vulture perched nearby and stared at them for several minutes before flying into the neighboring tree and thrashing about. It startled the owls, but didn’t stay long before flying away.
We’ve been watching the adults and listening to the whole owl family for months, but this was our first sighting of the juveniles. It’s wonderful that they still have enough habitat to reproduce, as the number of trees in the neighborhood has fallen by more than half over the past few years.
Adult Great Horned Owl perched below two juveniles
More photos of the Great Horned Owl family
