3 March 2025
Yesterday’s nice horned owl outing in Schenley Park was an amazing success. Greater than 25 folks received to see the nest and the mom owl. Close to the tip of our go to one owlet poked up its head however we have been gone by the point it stood up and gave Dana Nesiti this beautiful view, above.
We additionally trooped down the trail to seek out the daddy owl who’s so camouflaged at his roost that we needed to sit or crouch to see his face. I set my scope fairly low to digiscope two pictures.
Dana and I weren’t shocked to see just one child owl. On Thursday 27 February an owlet fell from the nest and was rescued by Sarah Mateskovich & WIN. It was taken to Tamarack Wildlife Middle the place they decided it had a minor harm to its beak. Tamarack will foster the rescued owl at one other nest because the bridge nest is inaccessible for her return. Click on on the embedded Fb put up to see the remainder of Tamarack’s information.
Fortunately, the rescued owlet was one in all three(!) so there are nonetheless two on the nest. On Friday 28 Feb Ankur photographed and videoed them with late day daylight shining via the bridge.
He describes their conduct within the video as “together with pecking at every others’ beaks, wing flapping, scratching, and defecating.”
If you wish to see the owls’ nest carry binoculars, a digicam and a scope you probably have them to this location in Schenley Park close to the stone bench on the Decrease Path (click on this hyperlink for the map).
Right here’s what the bridge seems to be like once you get there. Search for the nest on the pink circled space marked up on this picture of the bridge.
