I love owls. They are stealthy and mysterious. Getting a picture of one you must consider yourself lucky. Great horned owls are a beautiful bird. (my favorite) Seen a few, but never had my camera with me. Last year a Northern Saw Whet Owl was in a tree in my yard. I tried to duplicate his call. Next thing I knew, it flew down and landed next to me on my porch. I sat there for 30 seconds getting a close up of an owl one foot away from me before he flew off. Sometimes, the best things in life are events like this.
Wow what an experience!! When i heard and watched video that great horned are aggressive among owls i said think i got my fav one!! Coz aggression reveals the true ability, personality, nature of the particular!! You an owl knowledgeier??? Just wanna ask is great horned can be as a pet and live among other pets ?? Affectionate towards its owner humans??
The reason why I love owls it’s because they are mysteriously and serious like ik that it looks like it’s wearing glasses but there beautiful and having a good ability knowing what to grab their rodents or prey
I love Great Horned Owls. There was a pair near my parents home in California and I loved to listen to them talking to each other. They are so big and majestic looking and have an amazing wing span.
Back in 2019 me and my sister found and saved a great horned owlet that fell out of its nest. It was a pretty cool experience. We called our local raptor center, they came and got it, gave it a checkup, and put it back the next day. They called us and told us that the mother was still taking care of it.
Walking the back part of my parents property, I saw a large cat or dog in the tall grass. As I approached a great horned owl whipped its head around and with yellow eyes stared me down. It must have been 3 times the size of this owl. It was incredible.
Exciting to see, Casey! Thrilling. Nothing like the experience of locking eyes with a wild animal. I see you and YOU see me. WOW! I hope you have many more connections with the wild world in the future:-)
He is gorgeous thank you very much for saving him i wish there was more people in this world like you again thank you for all you have done god bless and y'all are in my daily prayers
So cool. Eastern shore Maryland here and just heard an owl outside letting my little lab pup out naturally a bit worried and looked up his sound and ended up here. Cool info and a awesome to listen to.
We have Great Horned Owls living in our neighborhood and calling every evening. I've seen a female taking wing on various occasions from pine trees around our houses - she's magnificent! Our backyard is also a certified wildlife habitat, and the Owls stay fairly close because of the rabbit, rat and squirrel population, as well as because of all of the other birds who feed at our house. We are SO lucky. Great Horned Owls are indeed beautiful and magical.....silent and deadly! I enjoy AmericanP's post - when I tried to sing back to our female, she left. I'll keep trying!
Very beautiful creatures, I was lucky enough for one to come visit me sitting on a rock during the winter day in my backyard. So sad when it left, it was a very majestic moment
I once saw a giant owl and what I think was an equally large raven in a stare off on my neighbors lawn. I couldn't believe how big they were. It was the only time I saw an owl.
Beautiful Bird thanks for sharing and taking care of these Great Birds of Prey! We have 2 Great Horned Owls on Our Property and planning to build Boxes very soon
Love ,Love it being a night owl myself , a few years back on a early spring Nebraska morning along side the Mighty Mo River I walked up on a huge Great Horned Owl (probably female due to large size) eating a bird she never missed a mouthful , speaking softly I just eased back & away snapping photos, few days later I went back gathered up the remains taking them to a Conservationists ( Game Warden) finding out that her breakfast was a Red Tailed Hawk NOTE to left of this comment is one the photos of her as my thumbnail
@@Cliff00936 hey i appreciate the way you came up with this !why dont you google it ,"oskar" instead of "oscar" and let Google teach you..there are famous oskars that u've never heard of! Have a prosperous day
Thank you for your very informative video im in Indiana and have been hearing one almost every night and finally decided to find out what kind I'm hearing his sound matches most and even if its wrong I'm pretty happy to learn so much about them
There’s a few of these that hang out by my house. They keep mice numbers down, and hang out on my roof, and on two poles I have for a clothesline just outside my windows. They talk a lot too sometimes, the baby sounded like a baby human trying to hoo sorta. The two adults were talking one night for about 15-20 minutes. Nonstop back and forth. So then I joined in too. They both left without a sound. 😕
I think that because Oscar is working a regular gig as a program ambassador bird that it would be very unlikely that this could occur. One always needs to be alert to the animal's presence/mood , reading its body language (stress, fear, etc) and any other display or sound that informs one of its emotional and physical states.
I live in so Calif and we get GH's in Jan and Feb. Years ago while exercising my 20 lb Jack Russell hitting tennis balls to him at night in a school field. I could hear a GHO hooting in some tall trees nearby but thought nothing of it. Suddenly when my Jack was running for a ball the owl swooped in an hovered about 15ft above my dog for a few seconds I think sizing up whether my dog was small enough to go ahead and attack him for prey. My JRT was all muscle with huge canine's for a small dog and was a tough lil dog so I wasnt worried. I love these birds.
@@CTWhiteMemorial Even in So Cal at the the lowest temps of the winter we will get small groups of GHO's...Check my Channel to see Great Coopers Hawks photo.s
What a handsome creature. Sad that he cannot fly. I hope he is still alive. Such fascinating knowledge about them! And to think people think that such amazing abilities/features happened by undirected forces & a lot of time. This bird was clearly designed by his Creator. I mean, look at how beautiful he is!
I live in Belleville, IL about 20 minutes from St. Louis, Missouri and I hear these guys from time to time but about 2 months ago in town one of these guys snatched a tiny white Maltese pup from the yard of some people and the dogs owners were merely feet away! Scares me so bad because I have 2 chihuahuas and I see big Red Tail Hawks constantly too!
It is so important to be aware of the diversity of wildlife living nearby, Amy. This knowledge will help us avoid such tragedys-hopefully! It is a smart thing to always be with small dogs when they have outdoor time. So sorry for your neighbors' loss:-(
Where do different owl species shelter in winter? After an owl had its chicks in the damaged eve of my house last winter, it got me to thinking about what we could do as landowners to increase natural shelter locations for these magnificent creatures. Since there aren't nearly as many barns around as there used to be, we rarely see any barn owls anymore. What is their natural shelter, and is that important for increasing their presence on our property? Leaving dead standing trees came to mind as one possible remedy.
My favorite bird of prey is the owl with the Great Horned Owl as my favorite of them. They are awesome birds because they have binocular vision like humans. Since their eyes are like this they can turn their heads completely around. GWO's not only have a massive wingspan but like all owls they have feathers in their wings that muffle the sound of their flaps so prey can't hear them at night. They're just cool all around.
Bald eagles have been seen attacking and expiring great-horned owls with relative ease. Eagles are more than a match for horned owls. Chicks can and do fall prey to great-horned owls but once the chicks reach a size near to their parents they are relatively safe from attack by horned owls. Also the greatest weight ever verified to be carried by any living bird of prey was a Bald eagle. It had carried off a 15 lb mule deer fawn that it eventually dropped and landed on a power line which caused a power outage in East Missoula.
@Darkasknightfall - quite true. Also, seasoned adult Red tailed Hawks, Ferruginous and Goshawks, especially females are on record killing adult great horned owls - especially in the daytime. Ghos are tough customers but so are many of the species of creatures they attack & often the owl doesn't always come out on top. Also, while they are strong, they cannot lift and carry off really heavy prey like an eagle. Ghos don't usually carry off 10 plus pound food items. Several pound like an adult rabbit or skunk are more common prey items and rats, mice & squirrels are even more common. Cats? Smaller feral cats or kittens yes but for the most part, a solid healthy 14- 15 pound plus adult cat a gho won't really mess with as a cat that size, especially a feral male could take the owl to the woodshed, if you get my drift. She embellished just a bit about these owls because they don't take just anything and everything- and even some of the prey items they do catch are on record turning the tide on the owl, killing it, such as another large eagle, hawk, snake that can constrict, porcupine, large cat etc etc. They don't have it that easy.
While walking on a trail by my house on day I saw a GHO first and only time I've ever seen one It flew from one side of trail to the other perching in tree about 30ft up and clearly visible I watched it for 20 minutes. I couldn't't believe how big it was much much larger than Oscar. It didn't have that white breast marking, because of it's size and listening to the description I assume it was a female. It didn't seem to care about me at all but was focused on my dog (large dog) so I don't think it was contemplating attacking it, just watching it. I took some pictures of it. BTW my dog was oblivious to the owl didn't even know it was there. I was surprised to see it when I did it was around 4-5pm with plenty of daylight left. I thought they pretty much hide out during the daylight hours.
I usually see them right before or during sunset. But my sister saw a barred owl in some trees next to a Portland Oregon parking lot in the middle of the day. With those markings she would've never seen him if he hadn't moved. He was still there when she came back to her vehicle.
I love owls. They are stealthy and mysterious. Getting a picture of one you must consider yourself lucky. Great horned owls are a beautiful bird. (my favorite) Seen a few, but never had my camera with me. Last year a Northern Saw Whet Owl was in a tree in my yard. I tried to duplicate his call. Next thing I knew, it flew down and landed next to me on my porch. I sat there for 30 seconds getting a close up of an owl one foot away from me before he flew off. Sometimes, the best things in life are events like this.
Wow what an experience!! When i heard and watched video that great horned are aggressive among owls i said think i got my fav one!! Coz aggression reveals the true ability, personality, nature of the particular!!
You an owl knowledgeier??? Just wanna ask is great horned can be as a pet and live among other pets ?? Affectionate towards its owner humans??
The reason why I love owls it’s because they are mysteriously and serious like ik that it looks like it’s wearing glasses but there beautiful and having a good ability knowing what to grab their rodents or prey
@@ckryses3962 I think owls can be pets in the sense that falcons can; more like a working relationship than a pet.
We have one of these in our local neighborhood and I can hear it at nights. Sort of a forlorn yet peaceful sound.
I like her shirt. You can see the imagery of owl patterns all across it.
I didn’t even notice that until I read this lol. Freakin cool.
It should a bot
Boy
Sorry kagerju...i thought you were talking about bird in ironic way
I love her owl blouse! How many of you didn't even notice? 🤔😁
i noticed twice, but didnt see the owls, only the hooters.
The owl has a nice blouse
I didn't notice. It's cool
@@blackstone3323 bahahaha
I didn't. You have a good eye!
look at those feathers, so badass.
Phillip Dean look at the bird itself , even more badass
Jason Voorheese what😂 that was so random
@sneksnekitsasnek wait what
I think he is used to the presentations. He’s fairly calm.
Oh how beautiful. He is precious.
Hi there
Talk amazing. To the people that do this for a living ...great job. We and (they) need you.
Great educator! Well informed and kept the owl as calm as she could.
In PA on my back porch listening to one right now
I love Great Horned Owls. There was a pair near my parents home in California and I loved to listen to them talking to each other. They are so big and majestic looking and have an amazing wing span.
Thanks for sharing your story, Priscilla. It's wonderful to live near wildlife and observe:-)
I hear em more in winter.
I used to be terrified of owls but then I found this channel and now I see how cute they can be.
I love great horned owls, but idk about barn owls. Those things look terrifying.
Wow!! He looks mechanical! So freakin’ cool!!
What a beautiful bird, owls are my favorite.
Thks. for all that information. Woke up to the sound of a G.H. Owl here on Grosse Ile, mi, an Island in the Detroit River with extensive woodlands.
Baby owls don’t give a hoot.
Omg he's beautiful,thank you for saving him,bless your hearts,godbless you guys all.😍😘😊❤️💗💕💞💝😚👍👍🏾👍🏻
This was awesome, well done that lovely lady, I learned lots about the G H Owl from this. Thank you so much.
Gorgeous girl with awesome owl
I just moved to east granby, CT & have heard great horned owls every night since then. Absolutely amazing!
Well done and very informative! What a beautiful owl!
Back in 2019 me and my sister found and saved a great horned owlet that fell out of its nest. It was a pretty cool experience. We called our local raptor center, they came and got it, gave it a checkup, and put it back the next day. They called us and told us that the mother was still taking care of it.
I am amazed at his throbbing throat and hiw how attentive he is tonher. Amazing! Thank you.🙋🏼♀️💞🌟
Walking the back part of my parents property, I saw a large cat or dog in the tall grass. As I approached a great horned owl whipped its head around and with yellow eyes stared me down. It must have been 3 times the size of this owl. It was incredible.
Exciting to see, Casey! Thrilling. Nothing like the experience of locking eyes with a wild animal. I see you and YOU see me. WOW! I hope you have many more connections with the wild world in the future:-)
These creatures must be the origins for many myths and legends since they are quite frightening and majestic.
Beautiful Owl!
He is gorgeous thank you very much for saving him i wish there was more people in this world like you again thank you for all you have done god bless and y'all are in my daily prayers
Oscar is such a beautiful owl! the way he moves his head is almost robotic.
He is gorgeous, he listens to you too🤩
Love your show, I have one in my blacksmith shop in Austin Texas, they are fantastic birds .🦅👍
Great presentation! I learned a lot about Great Horned Owls...and I'm motivated to learn more. Cyndi Fields, California
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL OWL !!! 😍😍
VERY MAJESTIC & INCREDIBLE BIRD. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS INFORMATIVE VIDEO
Gorgeous creatures.
Just seen one on my early morning run on top of a light post in the high desert (Palmdale, CA).
Really nice presentation with lots of information!
Well done!
So cool. Eastern shore Maryland here and just heard an owl outside letting my little lab pup out naturally a bit worried and looked up his sound and ended up here. Cool info and a awesome to listen to.
She explains things extremely well.
Glad you found this video interesting, Jonas. Have a great summer!
We have Great Horned Owls living in our neighborhood and calling every evening. I've seen a female taking wing on various occasions from pine trees around our houses - she's magnificent! Our backyard is also a certified wildlife habitat, and the Owls stay fairly close because of the rabbit, rat and squirrel population, as well as because of all of the other birds who feed at our house. We are SO lucky. Great Horned Owls are indeed beautiful and magical.....silent and deadly! I enjoy AmericanP's post - when I tried to sing back to our female, she left. I'll keep trying!
I am glad Oskar is ok! :(
ya no kidding "got hit by a garbage truck", yikes, poor guy.
Sky Tiger!!
He's so cute ❤️
Just heard one of these last night about 11 pm. out in our mesquite tree in the front yard. Awesome info!
Amazing animal, and the video was very informative and well put
Very beautiful creatures, I was lucky enough for one to come visit me sitting on a rock during the winter day in my backyard. So sad when it left, it was a very majestic moment
Awesome Bird!
Excellent presentation.
What a beautiful creature. Love to see and hear one. Still live in the country but miss their call
Thank you. I enjoyed your video. I'm glad there's folks like you. Love owls.
Glad you appreciate all this wild world has within it, Delma! Thank you for your appreciation.
I once saw a giant owl and what I think was an equally large raven in a stare off on my neighbors lawn. I couldn't believe how big they were. It was the only time I saw an owl.
Beautiful Bird thanks for sharing and taking care of these Great Birds of Prey! We have 2 Great Horned Owls on Our Property and planning to build Boxes very soon
@um me they mean owl boxes. It's like a birdhouse for owls.
Oscar seems to appreciate his current situation.
Oscar is just happy to be there, don't blame him.
I agree.
very beautiful and stylish bird!
Thank you for sharing this video. It has been very informative.
Love ,Love it being a night owl myself , a few years back on a early spring Nebraska morning along side
the Mighty Mo River I walked up on a huge Great Horned Owl (probably female due to large size) eating a bird she never missed a mouthful , speaking softly I just eased back & away snapping photos, few days later I went back gathered up the remains taking them to a Conservationists ( Game Warden) finding out that her breakfast was a Red Tailed Hawk
NOTE to left of this comment is one the photos of her as my thumbnail
Wonderful owl 🤗💗
Can someone tell me if it is actually the owl’s respiration that makes the neck move like that?
Beautiful!
soooo beautiful! and awesome narration.
2 beautiful Birds!! :)
Great presentation. She's got talent!
Beautiful Guirl beautiful Bird
What a breathtaking beauty he is ❤
Superb presentation!! Very informative and interesting!! THANKS:)
I have a small crush on the narrator >
sorry for his shoulder but i guess he a very loved and lucky one
Wow it's adorable...... I love owls
Awesome owl shirt
Love you oskar ....u r beautiful !!
Lovely description & video.!!
@@Cliff00936 hey i appreciate the way you came up with this !why dont you google it ,"oskar" instead of "oscar" and let Google teach you..there are famous oskars that u've never heard of!
Have a prosperous day
Cool info!!! Thanks for sharing:)
Thank you for your very informative video im in Indiana and have been hearing one almost every night and finally decided to find out what kind I'm hearing his sound matches most and even if its wrong I'm pretty happy to learn so much about them
great talk. Thx!
Very cute bird
Very useful information
There’s a few of these that hang out by my house. They keep mice numbers down, and hang out on my roof, and on two poles I have for a clothesline just outside my windows. They talk a lot too sometimes, the baby sounded like a baby human trying to hoo sorta. The two adults were talking one night for about 15-20 minutes. Nonstop back and forth. So then I joined in too. They both left without a sound. 😕
Great video! Why was his throat area moving rapidly throughout?
Wow what beautiful Owl ❤️
I like the idea that Oscar is an ambassador and a foster dad! 😃👍
PRECIOUS ANIMALS.....SO SPECIAL......LVENATURE! !
Is he panting because he’s nervous or is that just how they breath?
Owls are fascinating creatures !
Thanks for an intro to Oscar. Don't You have to protect Your eyes when holding the bird so closely??
I think that because Oscar is working a regular gig as a program ambassador bird that it would be very unlikely that this could occur. One always needs to be alert to the animal's presence/mood
, reading its body language (stress, fear, etc) and any other display or sound that informs one of its emotional and physical states.
I live in so Calif and we get GH's in Jan and Feb. Years ago while exercising my 20 lb Jack Russell hitting tennis balls to him at night in a school field. I could hear a GHO hooting in some tall trees nearby but thought nothing of it. Suddenly when my Jack was running for a ball the owl swooped in an hovered about 15ft above my dog for a few seconds I think sizing up whether my dog was small enough to go ahead and attack him for prey. My JRT was all muscle with huge canine's for a small dog and was a tough lil dog so I wasnt worried. I love these birds.
Wow! Cool story. Tough pup:-)
@@CTWhiteMemorial Even in So Cal at the the lowest temps of the winter we will get small groups of GHO's...Check my Channel to see Great Coopers Hawks photo.s
I would never let my small dog continue running around after hearing an owl nearby again after that experience. Yikes
What a handsome creature. Sad that he cannot fly. I hope he is still alive.
Such fascinating knowledge about them! And to think people think that such amazing abilities/features happened by undirected forces & a lot of time. This bird was clearly designed by his Creator. I mean, look at how beautiful he is!
Maybe can I adopt one as a pet from the humane society of the peninsula
I think all that throat movement was equivalent to a dog panting...it must have been hot and humid that day.
I love the owl blouse!
What a lovely guy.
How far does their "hoot" carry?
I live in Belleville, IL about 20 minutes from St. Louis, Missouri and I hear these guys from time to time but about 2 months ago in town one of these guys snatched a tiny white Maltese pup from the yard of some people and the dogs owners were merely feet away! Scares me so bad because I have 2 chihuahuas and I see big Red Tail Hawks constantly too!
It is so important to be aware of the diversity of wildlife living nearby, Amy. This knowledge will help us avoid such tragedys-hopefully! It is a smart thing to always be with small dogs when they have outdoor time. So sorry for your neighbors' loss:-(
Is Oscar able to fly still?
Where do different owl species shelter in winter? After an owl had its chicks in the damaged eve of my house last winter, it got me to thinking about what we could do as landowners to increase natural shelter locations for these magnificent creatures. Since there aren't nearly as many barns around as there used to be, we rarely see any barn owls anymore. What is their natural shelter, and is that important for increasing their presence on our property? Leaving dead standing trees came to mind as one possible remedy.
My favorite bird of prey is the owl with the Great Horned Owl as my favorite of them. They are awesome birds because they have binocular vision like humans. Since their eyes are like this they can turn their heads completely around. GWO's not only have a massive wingspan but like all owls they have feathers in their wings that muffle the sound of their flaps so prey can't hear them at night. They're just cool all around.
Bald eagles have been seen attacking and expiring great-horned owls with relative ease. Eagles are more than a match for horned owls. Chicks can and do fall prey to great-horned owls but once the chicks reach a size near to their parents they are relatively safe from attack by horned owls. Also the greatest weight ever verified to be carried by any living bird of prey was a Bald eagle. It had carried off a 15 lb mule deer fawn that it eventually dropped and landed on a power line which caused a power outage in East Missoula.
@Darkasknightfall - quite true. Also, seasoned adult Red tailed Hawks, Ferruginous and Goshawks, especially females are on record killing adult great horned owls - especially in the daytime. Ghos are tough customers but so are many of the species of creatures they attack & often the owl doesn't always come out on top. Also, while they are strong, they cannot lift and carry off really heavy prey like an eagle. Ghos don't usually carry off 10 plus pound food items. Several pound like an adult rabbit or skunk are more common prey items and rats, mice & squirrels are even more common. Cats? Smaller feral cats or kittens yes but for the most part, a solid healthy 14- 15 pound plus adult cat a gho won't really mess with as a cat that size, especially a feral male could take the owl to the woodshed, if you get my drift. She embellished just a bit about these owls because they don't take just anything and everything- and even some of the prey items they do catch are on record turning the tide on the owl, killing it, such as another large eagle, hawk, snake that can constrict, porcupine, large cat etc etc. They don't have it that easy.
"that fucking garbage truck now I am here with this person...." -owl
Nice Set Of Hooters You Got There.
Listening to one in my front yard in Summerville SC
Why is it so great?
While walking on a trail by my house on day I saw a GHO first and only time I've ever seen one It flew from one side of trail to the other perching in tree about 30ft up and clearly visible I watched it for 20 minutes. I couldn't't believe how big it was much much larger than Oscar. It didn't have that white breast marking, because of it's size and listening to the description I assume it was a female. It didn't seem to care about me at all but was focused on my dog (large dog) so I don't think it was contemplating attacking it, just watching it. I took some pictures of it. BTW my dog was oblivious to the owl didn't even know it was there. I was surprised to see it when I did it was around 4-5pm with plenty of daylight left. I thought they pretty much hide out during the daylight hours.
I usually see them right before or during sunset. But my sister saw a barred owl in some trees next to a Portland Oregon parking lot in the middle of the day. With those markings she would've never seen him if he hadn't moved. He was still there when she came back to her vehicle.
I have an issue with them killing my chickens. Lost 14 in 2 weeks to an owl. It is still coming in. I have no clue what to do.
So beautiful
Why is his neck pulsating?
Put Oscar to sleep 😴. Owls stay up all night
How old is he 🎄