Published on Jan 19, 2015 Hagar and Helga are a pair of wild Great Horned Owls. Last week they showed up at the aviaries where Rusty and Iris the Great Horned Owls live and since then they have been coming back every night. Rusty and Iris the Great Horned Owls are part of a breeding project on their species to study their vocalizations being conducted by the International Owl Center.
The new Great Horned Owls outside are confusing Rusty and Iris because they can hear them out there. Not sure if they can see them or not from where they are. They got so defensive hearing the new owls they forgot who each other was for a few minutes and decided to beat each other up. (sorry - I guess that's really not supposed to be funny.) Watch vid below.
Published on Jan 18, 2015 Rusty and Iris the Great Horned Owls are part of a breeding project on their species to study their vocalizations being conducted by the International Owl Center. This morning while defending their territory against the wild pair Helga and Hagar, Rusty and Iris mistakenly thought they were fighting Hagar who was on the outside of the fence. They didn't realize they were actually fighting their mate. The fight took about 10 minutes.
Published on Jan 22, 2015 The 10 month old Great Horned Owls Rupert and Ruby are part of a vocal study on their species. They were bred in captivity and are being raised to be educational ambassadors by the International Owl Center. Here they are pestering each other, the sounds they make are called "annoyed chitters"
Published on Feb 1, 2015 by International Owl Center Almost 11 months old Ruby and Rupert the Great Horned Owls are part of a vocal study on their species. They were bred in captivity and are being raised to be educational ambassadors by the International Owl Center. In this video you can see how Ruby feels threatened by a dog walking by and goes into concealment posture. She makes herself very tall and skinny by compacting her feathers and raising her ear-tufts. In this posture owls try to keep one wing facing what’s scaring them rather than their front, and you can see Ruby do exactly that.
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