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Great Horned Owls - Adult and Owlet. Spotted on the Audubon Trail section of the Colorado River Trail system in Grand Junction, Colorado on the morning of May 15th, 2011 at about 9am.
This pair was seen in a tree about 100 yards from the nest., which originally had 3 owlets. The young ones have been venturing from the nest for the last couple of weeks.
Spotted on May 15, 2011
Submitted on May 15, 2011
3 Comments
Great spotting!! Lucky you!
Beautiful!! It looks like mama or papa was considering you for lunch!!
I've created a new "Raptors of Colorado" mission - would love you to join! Here's the link: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8627...
What an awesome encounter! Great photo.