[Bristol-Birds] Re: Great Horned Owl at Heron Rookery

["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Great Horned Owl on the nest with chicks is a female.  It is generally 
reported in literature that the female keeps the male away from the young 
because males have a tendency (at least when the food supply is more scarce) to 
eat the nestlings.  Males bring food to the nest and female sees to it that the 
young are provided.

Let's go birding.....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Whoopinwiller@xxxxxxx 
  To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:27 AM
  Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Great Horned Owl at Heron Rookery


  4 MAR 2006
  Ft. Henry Drive
  Kingsport, TN 
  Sullivan County
  Rack Cross
  .
  This morning I visited the Great Blue Heron rookery, found by Mary Erwin 
below the Fort Patrick Henry Dam, and found the Great Horned Owl nest, reported 
by Michelle King, occupied by momma. No chicks were visible but must have been 
responsible for the large bumps in momma's belly as she sprawled across the 
nest.
  .
  No herons were visible in left side of rookery where the owls are residing. 
On the right (downstream) end of the rookery I counted 14 occupied nests of 
Great Blue Herons.
  .
  Although distant, these birds are easily viewed.
  .
  Great Horned Owl - 1 (presumed female with chicks)
  Great Blue Heron - 19 
  .
  Great morning of birding!  
  .
  'Til we bird again
  .
  Rack Cross
  Blountville, TN

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