The two great-horned owl chicks have been seen looking cute for about two weeks now and I finally took a fuzzy picture of them to share. They live on a big oak next to the Lakeshore Path on campus, pretty close the the bridge over Willow Creek. People started seeing mom and dad in mid-March, and these two have been alive for at least three weeks and probably at least another in the nest. Whether their nest is in the big wooden box or a serious hole in the trunk of this oak tree is still a mystery to me. What I do know is that they have been changing appearance fast - going from all white fuzz balls to having most of what look more like actual great-horned owl feathers. I have yet to see or hear rumors that they are flying, but will keep checking to hopefully see them learning.
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