Great Horned Owlet #19-0341 update

Great Horned Owlet #19-0341 is doing well and gaining weight -- the owl weighed 1.1 kilograms as of April 29.  On April 26, the rehabilitation began acclimating the owlet outside; each morning, the bird’s crate was moved into a flight pen with the Center’s surrogate Great Horned Owl Papa G’Ho and the two other owlets currently in his care [owlets #19-0148 and #19-0223].

After several days of acclimation and introduction to the others birds, owlet #19-0341 was allowed out of its crate into the flight pen with the other owls on April 30. The owlet will remain with the other owls for several months; in the early fall, all of the owlets will be separated to be individually prepared for release with flight conditioning and live prey testing.