GREAT HORNED OWL NEST, TEXAS, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Source: Cornell Lab Bird Cams
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Info: Live streaming webcam showing great horned owls in Austin, Texas. The owl nest is at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
which has been home to a nesting pair of great horned owls, for more than a decade. The female owl is called Athena.
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More Info: Great Horned Owls are common Texas residents found all over the state in many localities and diverse habitats, including, swamps, orchards, woodlands, agricultural areas, and many forest types. It is a large, bulky owl and has prominent ear tufts, a white throat, horizontal bars on the belly, a grey beak and bright yellow eyes.
Great horned owls are opportunistic carnivores, having the most diverse diet of any North American raptor. Their key prey consists of rabbits, hares, mice, and voles. Larger mammals include squirrels, rats, skunks, raccoons, woodchucks, and opossums. They are famously one of the few natural predators of skunks.
Great horned owls are at the top of many food chains and are not preyed upon by other species.
Video showing Athena The Great Horned Owl, revealing her first egg:
Great Horned Owl fast facts:
- Scientific name: Bubo virginianus
- Length: 43 to 64 cm
- Wingspan 91 to 153 cm
- Weight: 910g to 2.5kg
- Average lifespan: 13 to 15 years
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