Owls: Winter Nesting, Calls, and Silent Wings

Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) are prominent raptor denizens of our Valley Floor.  Their iconic Who's Awake? Me too" call can be heard through the evening and into dawn. Indeed, I often hear them calling behind my house on the Judd Webbe hill while reading in bed. But did you know that Great Horned Owls lay their egg in the dead of winter? Learn why this is a successful biological strategy for them and also listen to their calls on this diary entry of Voices of the Valley Floor-a and Fauna. 

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) in Telluride. Photo Credit: Eric Hynes