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Backyard Great Horned Owl, Boulder County, Colorado, 7/07. |
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Great Horned Owl, Pueblo County, Colorado, 4/07. |
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Great Horned Owl, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/06. |
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Great Horned Owl, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/06. |
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Great Horned Owl on nest, Weld County, Colorado, 4/05. |
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Hatch-year Great Horned Owl, Chatfield State Park, Jefferson County,
Colorado, 8/04. |
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Branching Great Horned Owl chick, Pueblo County, Colorado, 5/04. |
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Great Horned Owl in flight, Weld County, Colorado, 4/04. |
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Great Horned Owl in flight, Weld County, Colorado, 4/04. |
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Great Horned Owl in flight, Weld County, Colorado, 4/04. |
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Great Horned Owl on nest (left of trunk) with chicks (right of trunk),
Weld County, Colorado, 4/04. |
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Great Horned Owl, Gunbarrel, Boulder County, Colorado, 12/14/03. |
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Same(?) Great Horned Owl as below (note right eye pathology. I believe
the damaged cornea seen below has scarred over. Owl photographed near
same location as below one year ago.) 12/14/03 |
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Great Horned Owl with eye damage, Boulder, Colorado, 12/15/02. |
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Great Horned Owl on a rock ledge, John Martin Reservoir, Bent County,
Colorado, 10/03. |
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Great Horned Owl, Union Reservoir, Longmont, Colorado, 3/13/03. |
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Great Horned Owl, Union Reservoir, Longmont, Colorado, 3/13/03.
Hungry chicks are somewhere nearby on the nest, so the owls abandon
their night-only hunting when necessary. |
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Great Horned Owl, Union Reservoir, Longmont, Colorado, 3/13/03.
Probably would have been the best bird shot I've ever taken if it didn't
fly behind a twiggy tree just as I triggered the shutter. Oh, well. |
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Great Horned Owl, Union Reservoir, Longmont, Colorado, 3/13/03.
Swooping up for a landing in this shot. |
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Great Horned Owl, Union Reservoir, Longmont, Colorado, 3/13/03.
Of course, being out in daylight has its disadvantages, like getting
harassed by crows. Turnabout is fair play, though, and a Great Horned
Owl will predate crows (especially young crows on the nest) if it finds
them at night. |
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Great Horned Owl, Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas, 8/02. |
