Great Horned Owl ? (1 Viewer)

GDC

Well-known member

• Jan 22, 2006

• #1

I heard this morning on radio show (Nature Notes) that one of the first signs of spring is the Great Horned Owls start hooting at night to find mates and then they start building their nest. My question is do most birds mate for life or do they typically look for new mates every year?

 

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buckskin hawk

Oklahoma Birder

• Jan 23, 2006

• #2

Some do and some don't and some we don't know. My book says that great horned owls are monogamous and on of the earliest nesting species, with eggs laid in winger. It doesn't say that they pair for life.

 

O.N.

Well-known member

• Jan 28, 2006

• #3

GH Owls are already being spotted on their nests here in Minnesota so the hooting you are hearing is the calling to their mate and breeding season for them, has started.
It seems early but with the mild winter we are having I guess it's no surprise.

Spring is near!! :t:

 

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ejg220

New member

• Jan 28, 2006

• #4

I love the calls of the GHOWs in late winter! It is the promise of spring to me. They are the earliest nesting birds in the northeastern part of North America.

Most raptors mate for life.