![Mama great horned owl hunkered down next to the highway Mama great horned owl hunkered down next to the highway](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2023/02-26-2023-Brighton-Great-Horned-Owl-Nest/i-hFqqzjP/0/57ad3d37/X4/20230226%2011-10-26%200803-X4.jpg)
Driving home from my photo excursion yesterday I spotted a large nest and the unmistakable “ears” of a great horned owl sticking up. That, of course, required investigation. I went to the next exit then backtracked along the frontage road. There I found mama sitting in her home and likely on eggs or with little ones under her. Being only 150 feet from a busy interstate probably doesn’t allow her much rest.