Upwiththebirds
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I hear a female and male owl hooting a lot in the vacant properties behind my backyard. I really want to find a Great Horned Owl nest someday. I live in south Florida and usually hear the owls hooting in the fall, but this time the hooting seemed to mostly start in February. I've seen the two owls sitting in a tree together a couple times now. From what I've read online it says they usually have laid eggs by now but I'm guessing the owls I'm hearing don't have a nest they've moved into, eggs or owlets. I wouldn't think they would hoot so much if they did, but I'm not sure. Do they continue to hoot to each other after they've found their mate and laid eggs? Also, when there are owlets, are both parents still around, and would they both leave the owlets at the same time to go hunt?