13 June 2025
The barred owl fledglings in Frick Park drew a crowd this week and prompted many questions together with “How do you inform the distinction between the kids and the grownup?”
This picture from Wednesday contains the mom and 4 fledglings however the entire group seems just about the identical as a result of children are shedding their down.
In each immature and grownup plumage barred owls have bibs. Beneath the bib is the place they differ.
Immature barred owls have horizontal stripes, typically faint, under the bib.
Grownup barred owls have vertical stripes under the bib.
How previous are the Frick Park barred owl fledglings? From the outline on the Wikimedia fledgling picture under:
- Barred owl fledglings go away the nest at about 4 to five weeks previous
- They start quick flights at about 10 weeks previous … and …
- Longer flights happen at about 12 weeks previous.
I’d say the Frick fledglings had been 12 weeks previous final weekend, so that they hatched in mid March.
