Today Is International Owl Awareness Day

Great horned owl mother and nestling, Florida 2010 (photo by Chuck Tague)
Great horned owl mother and nestling, Florida 2010 (photo by Chuck Tague)

Nesting season is over but it’s nice to look back at this mother great horned owl and her nestling. Today is their special day.

August 4 is International Owl Awareness Day, an annual celebration of owls.  To get you in the mood, here’s a quick video that promoted last year’s event at the Oregon Zoo in Portland.

 

And here are some of today’s worldwide International Owl Awareness events:

Whooooo knew!   🙂

 

(photo by Chuck Tague, video from the Oregon Zoo)

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  1. Oddly enough, soon after I saw this post, large bird hit our porch window. I went outside to check – not bothering to look out the window first. My kids looked out as I left the porch and said “it’s an owl!” In amazement. The bushes hid it from my view but kids said “it sprinted that way!” And I saw no trace of it anywhere. Hoping it’s ok and thinking it flew off. They insist it was a great horned owl and I am kicking myself for not looking out that window before I walked out to try and help. I assumed it was a song bird!

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