Great Horned Owls

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  • With 35 Great Horned Owls being admitted to our rehabilitation section last year, they are yet another commonly seen owl in Alabama. Ophelia was brought to the Southeastern Raptor Center in 2002 as a human imprint. A typical lifespan for a Great Horned Owl is approximately 13 years.

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  • @TheSlowoldman
    @TheSlowoldman ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One of the coolest looking birds on the planet.

  • @juliearmstrong1463
    @juliearmstrong1463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Love the hooting.. she's adorable..

  • @spartan7911
    @spartan7911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    She is so talkative ❤

  • @cintulator2
    @cintulator2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Beautiful and talkative Lady!

  • @magnusdiridian
    @magnusdiridian ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That owl must have amnesia. It's forgotten everyone's name, but at least it keeps asking.

    • @ufomechanic11
      @ufomechanic11 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Underrated comment lol

  • @BlinkinFirefly
    @BlinkinFirefly ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love that Ophelia keeps hooting for us. So cuuute! ^^ I had to watch this a second time. I am smitten with her. She is just so lovely!!!

  • @rukiluvr1019
    @rukiluvr1019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    aw she’s so cute

  • @clintonshepherd7068
    @clintonshepherd7068 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She's so pretty. Very talkative

  • @psycho7337
    @psycho7337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    The funny part about this is that the Owl can just dip whenever it feels like it

    • @davonguy7214
      @davonguy7214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s tethered to the pearch

    • @bellarae3779
      @bellarae3779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Indo_MationWoF0954
      @Indo_MationWoF0954 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They have trackers, they’re trained, and they have leashes.

    • @marcoAKAjoe
      @marcoAKAjoe ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like a deadbeat dad

    • @pvtsnoballz
      @pvtsnoballz ปีที่แล้ว

      i see a jess....

  • @anthonyhamburg8885
    @anthonyhamburg8885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Person: yeah she's just talkative.
    Imprinted owl: I FUCKING LOVE YOU DAD!!!

  • @loridonmyer854
    @loridonmyer854 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Very pretty. She was assisting with the lecture, putting in her two cents 😁

  • @irishmafia2112
    @irishmafia2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    the owl the whole time: " Dude stop yelling the camera is right next to you" xD

  • @GSxxxRGirl
    @GSxxxRGirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    LOVE how vocal this owl is, especially since it's daytime! Every year, shortly after the fall season starts, there's a great horned owl that sits outside of my window and hoots. Used to scare the crap out of me.. I could never spot it! I'm not sure if it's the same owl each year but I like to think that it is lol what are the odds that it's a different great horned owl each year, that sits in the same tree, outside of the same window, and hoots for roughly the same duration? They amaze me!

    • @Gee5425
      @Gee5425 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Most great horned owls pick their spot, and stay. They use the same nest during the winter, summer, whatever they claim a territory, and stick within it. When they find a mate most mate for life. We have a pair of great horned owls in our backyard. We hear their mating every fall, and hear them talking back and forth nightly.

    • @edrenp21
      @edrenp21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Don’t know what you’re beliefs are but growing up, I was always told that an owl that does that is someone from heaven coming down to check on you and let you know that they are with you. My faith isn’t what it used to be, I always thought and still think that that was a beautiful thought.

  • @panzerwaffen2873
    @panzerwaffen2873 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I don't know why I like so much owls

    • @futilerify
      @futilerify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because you have other things you don’t like. Like english.

    • @panzerwaffen2873
      @panzerwaffen2873 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@futilerify danke aschlagh

    • @txmetalhead82xk
      @txmetalhead82xk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@futilerify Very rude comment. Congratulations

    • @futilerify
      @futilerify 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@txmetalhead82xk ty. But no need to rub it in I think he has had enough. Don’t encourage toxic reactions pls just behave thnx

  • @thegatesofdawn...1386
    @thegatesofdawn...1386 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She is precious.❤

  • @steveperuski5547
    @steveperuski5547 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember shining a spotlight in my Grandma’s barn ’ big old barn ‘ and seeing one of these looking back at me perched way up in the peak, very large one, I was probably 8 or 9 as a kid exploring and I remember it scared the heck out of me, those eyes glowing, I’ll never forget that, oh, owls are beautiful, magical creatures, great video ❤️

  • @falistapally78
    @falistapally78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was kept awake last night for about an hour by two of these in my backyard--a male and female. Was worth it though, very neat to listen to!

    • @lgempet2869
      @lgempet2869 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, my home backs up to a line of trees w/a field on the opposite side & in Autumn & Winter, two great horned owls will FREQUENTLY wake me up w/their hooting around 4:00 am (+ or -) & I can easily see their silhouettes in the highest branches of the trees. Guessing they’re looking for field mice that frequent that field & we have lots of squirrels around too. Their hooting sounds SO cool though my two cats get pretty scared.🤣

  • @jedizelfknight
    @jedizelfknight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Fun fact is that their legs are actually longer. So technically the owls legs are hidden underneath it's feathers. They have long legs and they sit squatting

  • @ericpass9749
    @ericpass9749 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a beautiful and majestic creature. Nature is awesome

  • @ZzKevZz
    @ZzKevZz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Oh, she is so gorgeous. I'd love to have her as a friend and companion.

  • @donaldkoelper5807
    @donaldkoelper5807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I was recently visiting my family in Pasadena, CA and every night, I'd hear the hooting of a great horned owl in one of the nearby trees. They really are magnificent birds.

  • @cynthiamazzoli7241
    @cynthiamazzoli7241 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! Thank you so much for showing this female great horned owl! What a beautiful creation from the Lord! 🦉Have a great day!

  • @Lipstickandchampagne
    @Lipstickandchampagne ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She’s so chatty❤️ .

  • @brianheaton5521
    @brianheaton5521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We had a owl fall down our chimney. We had to call game and fish to come get it out. He had an attachment that fit on our pool cleaning pole. Fished him out the top, brought him in the kitchen and tagged it.
    Awesome bird.

  • @clefraser2943
    @clefraser2943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I live in Rochester N.Y. and we have Owls. I hardly see and hear they! They kind of rare in the area.

  • @henrimatisse7481
    @henrimatisse7481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thanks for the fantastic presentation of this great bird and raptor. Beautiful creatures worthy of our respect and admiration!

  • @cdnamerican9646
    @cdnamerican9646 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely magnificent!!

  • @radiationsnowman
    @radiationsnowman 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    beautiful Bird! Love her! ❤

  • @kkdesignservices183
    @kkdesignservices183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Encountered a Great Horned Owl here in Austin this evening while walking my dog.

  • @cjk247
    @cjk247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i hear theses owls all the time. one of the great thing about living the mountains of PA

  • @lomgshorts3
    @lomgshorts3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think I have two mated pairs on my land. I hear them at two places opposite each other at night. I use no pesticides on my orchards, so my land is healthy for owls and other critters here in Tallapoosa County. The Great Horned owl is a fascinating creature to watch and hear.

  • @cellis1066
    @cellis1066 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    From time to time I will hear Horned Owls in the woods around my house. I always feel like I've gotten a special gift when I hear them.

  • @dianefiske-foy4717
    @dianefiske-foy4717 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live in Hoover, AL near Birmingham and we have woods in the backyard and at the side of our house. I’ve seen owls, hawks and deer in our woods. I also saw some other bird out back that was big and had a huge wingspan. I couldn’t tell what kind of bird it was though. Saw it only once, but that was enough for me to remember it always.

  • @kentuckywildcatgobigblue7190
    @kentuckywildcatgobigblue7190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She's absolutely beautiful ❤️❤️❤️. I have stuffed Great Horned Owl toy I got years ago from the Columbus zoo.

  • @phillipwalling7470
    @phillipwalling7470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Owl: Jeez. Where the hell did you get that tone?

  • @harmoni4499
    @harmoni4499 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Owls are the most beautiful raptors.

  • @a.clemons
    @a.clemons 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    her name is ophelia 🥺

  • @leevancleef358
    @leevancleef358 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video and the great work that you are doing! i LOVE owls and especially love Great Horned Owls. I see them quite often and I love them!

  • @elijahglasser1421
    @elijahglasser1421 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Adorable owl

  • @emmanuelchavis6999
    @emmanuelchavis6999 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's hooting and winking

  • @johnmcdonald323
    @johnmcdonald323 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your owl!! Such a beautiful majestic animal 😊!!!

  • @tammy5654
    @tammy5654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL OWL. ❤❤
    INCREDIBLE AND INTRICATE COLORING OF THE FEATHERS. STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL !!! 😍😍
    THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING.

  • @koopakape
    @koopakape 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fantastic vid. Just got the notion to look these guys up after hearing the species name mentioned for the first time in awhile and I'm hit w this super informative, to the point vid with such good visuals and camera work. Plus you're pretty close to Georgia where I've always lived and these guys indeed are often heard around here, an unmistakable element of the Southern ecosystem and one of my favorite animals.

  • @Annabelle66633
    @Annabelle66633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love great horned owls 🦉🤗🥰😚

  • @vinnyjamea96
    @vinnyjamea96 ปีที่แล้ว

    She is beautiful ... This is a great close up

  • @amazingdany
    @amazingdany ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, she's a _hoot!_ 🦉

  • @beadladee
    @beadladee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gosh, she stunning!

  • @D33JAY5
    @D33JAY5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a large forearm tattoo peice of a great horned owl. Growing up in South AL, I remember 1 particular great horned owl that stayed in the pine trees near the edge of our back yard. It felt like he/she came to this particular spot every night for years. He/she was not bothered by us at all and hooted at us quite a bit. Love these birds so much.

  • @liamodell7191
    @liamodell7191 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live in the southern most part of Illinois. These owls are amazing and use to be everywhere in my neighborhood (had to guard my puppies years back). I met a man that had one. Not as a pet. The owl was more of a tamed visitor. One evening at sunset, he put on a leather gauntlet, extended his arm and this amazingly awesome great horned owl landed on his arm. The thing just wanted to chill with us for like 10 mins and then flew off. It was both beautiful and freaking scary at the same time. I asked him if it was his pet, he said owls are not pets. He said he was lucky to befriend one when it was young and it would visit him every day after work. I love that idea. That is how it should be. I haven't kept up with the guy so I don't know if the owl is long deceased, but I would love to have a visitor like that in my life. Not a pet, just a friend that hangs out from time to time.

    • @liamodell7191
      @liamodell7191 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      By the way... Since our owl population has went down, we've had an over abundance of skunks. We need these owls back.

    • @liamodell7191
      @liamodell7191 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also.. we have screech owls too. Damn things scream like a woman being murdered. Bone chilling.. but such cute (and mean) little bastards.

  • @Solarexistence
    @Solarexistence 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome. Thanks for the video

  • @bluevictory1010
    @bluevictory1010 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite type of owl, so beautiful! I wish I could pet it's soft feathers.🤗🥰💓😘

  • @bgangler877
    @bgangler877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had one of these, even bigger in my pine tree in my backyard during the day in Long Island suburbs. I noticed after a half hour of sitting outside. Meanwhile, squirrels and birds were below eating, not knowing a death machine was like 30 feet above them. When it finally flew away, it’s wingspan had to be at least 4-5 ft. Thing was enormous. Unfortunately I never seen it sgain

  • @TheToastIsClose
    @TheToastIsClose ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We heard one this morning at 5:00am outside our window in the Sonoran Az desert 😮. I’ve never heard one in this part of Az! We have Burrow Owls, which are much smaller and don’t have these vocalizations. I know great horned owls are fairly common all across N. America but just surprised to hear one here 🦉❤

  • @dougiebuckets1364
    @dougiebuckets1364 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Owls are so rad!

  • @txmetalhead82xk
    @txmetalhead82xk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She’s beautiful

  • @pmarie2003
    @pmarie2003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Her relatives have been scoping out my chickens.

  • @missvida6251
    @missvida6251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She is adorable. She must be related to Kaepora Gaebora because she is making sure we understand everything she's saying😆

  • @mollyyouindangergirl2470
    @mollyyouindangergirl2470 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw one a few days ago in Washington DC..first time ever in my life! 2am

  • @Danymity1
    @Danymity1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I hear them in my neighborhood around kitten season when those feral cats start having them. These owls are really handy.

  • @ZachDrake5960
    @ZachDrake5960 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I heard one of these the other week as I was eating dinner. It wasn't even that late at night, but it was dark enough.

  • @masguapoako
    @masguapoako 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    *I started looking for owls this year, so far I've seen, photography and videoed Great Horned Owl and Owlet 🦉🦉🦉 , Barn Owl and Owlet 🦉🦉🦉, Long Eared Owl , Short Eared Owl and Burrowing Owl*

  • @demochris1786
    @demochris1786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At a lot of people are saying owls cannot be pets, we already know this, but because owls are known to imprint very easily when they're young, it's hard to not keep them as pets because they see you as the parent, all people should do their research on imprinting.

  • @licensetochill1299
    @licensetochill1299 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw two of these fellas in my backyard. Fully grown birds too. Wish I got a better glimpse, but it was too dark to see the details

  • @emmalouie1663
    @emmalouie1663 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It makes a Whoo whoo whooo. I have a bird at night that makes a screaming dinosaur sound. What the hell is screaming outside. Someone says it's an owl.

  • @Baptisteog18
    @Baptisteog18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She looks tired but I guess she didn’t mind the attention.

  • @fuffoon
    @fuffoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I said "hey google, find me a gray towel".

  • @blueridger28
    @blueridger28 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm here because I saw one at work today. It let me get pretty close

  • @jfc213
    @jfc213 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW JUST WOW

  • @thealexpshow782
    @thealexpshow782 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard one at midnight and I couldn't sleep after

  • @christinemcdonald8705
    @christinemcdonald8705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If there full grown at ten weeks. At what age came they breed?

  • @michaelbarnett2527
    @michaelbarnett2527 ปีที่แล้ว

    It seemed like she hooted every time he said” great horned owl”…

  • @DxShutter
    @DxShutter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    good

  • @mrgumbook
    @mrgumbook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She likes a chat

  • @khl4334
    @khl4334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AOE2's owl BGM
    woo~woowoowoo

  • @kamfung3472
    @kamfung3472 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does it eat fish? Can it catch fish in those streams / hidden rivers where the forest meets the river?

  • @dollofshadows1703
    @dollofshadows1703 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @5:47, what is that chirping sound she's making? A few summers ago, I ran into a Great Horned owl a lot, and it would make a more aggressive version of that sound if I passed under a streetlight it was perched on. (It would also violently kick off the top of it, and the whole thing would shake as it flew off)
    This one, btw- th-cam.com/video/7DUSXZP376A/w-d-xo.html

  • @4skully
    @4skully ปีที่แล้ว

    she is a foxy girl I have a pair that has been staying with me and I m looking forward to the babies there is a nest they have already checked it out they have not mated yet.

  • @treeguyfly
    @treeguyfly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This anti skunk slander is unacceptable.

  • @joevaghn457
    @joevaghn457 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:25 she liked that hahaha

  • @DaddychiLL6
    @DaddychiLL6 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always hear/ see owls in my neighborhood such a lovely sound while I smoke my blunt

  • @eyeril
    @eyeril 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    he's like a random dude just waiting there to be interviewed HAHA

  • @justinholland9844
    @justinholland9844 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why did you not pet the owl?

  • @markcrowell7571
    @markcrowell7571 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the owl's name??

  • @oswaldolopezzz
    @oswaldolopezzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pero que bellote

  • @timsolomon8352
    @timsolomon8352 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Our barred owls are bigger than this horned owl. Maybe it's not fully grown?

  • @thegatesofdawn...1386
    @thegatesofdawn...1386 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They head feathers remind
    me of cat ears.

  • @larskossen570
    @larskossen570 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i have a harris hawk that really can fly short distances with a male duck weighing 1200 gram while she weighs 940 grams flying weight.
    Don't know what kind off bird could carry a dog but be careful what you say, it's not impossible i think

  • @andreaellwood9358
    @andreaellwood9358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Would they eat cats ?

  • @emmanuelchavis6999
    @emmanuelchavis6999 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's like she's telling you to shut up

  • @fabthedoctor4646
    @fabthedoctor4646 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh très beau hiboux il y a les mêmes au grand parc du puy du fou french parc d'attraction à regarder sur internet info 👍✌🙋‍♂️😊🇨🇵

  • @teddyl7006
    @teddyl7006 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eagles do attach great horned owls.

  • @facekoo
    @facekoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Owlabama

  • @nohandle62
    @nohandle62 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why are you yelling?

  • @analizhernandez8233
    @analizhernandez8233 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hoot

  • @hiverchaud
    @hiverchaud 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She is so charming! I want to kiss her!!🧡🧡🧡💜💜💜💋💋💋👄👄👄💄💄💄

  • @mahirakalucasahammed2443
    @mahirakalucasahammed2443 ปีที่แล้ว

    i prefer male owl

  • @nae1179
    @nae1179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It look so fakeee