Female Great Horned Owl makes the most of limited camouflage
A female Great Horned Owl keeps close watch from her perch in Thornton, Colorado.  (© Tony’s Takes)
A female Great Horned Owl keeps close watch from her perch in Thornton, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)

Jumping back to April when I visited this pretty lady’s nest before the leaves and opened up. It is in a very public area above a popular trail that parallels a busy suburban street. The usual people and vehicle traffic doesn’t normally bother her but on this day, road crews digging up the pavement across the street had her pretty agitated. While she glanced at me for this pic, her dominant focus was on the intruders nearby and the threat she perceived from them.

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