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Video Highlights
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Second Owlet Fledges With Confidence From Wildflower Center Great Horned Owl Nest – May 19, 2024
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Owlet Fledges! Slips From Great Horned Owl Nest Platform Ledge At Wildflower Center – May 14, 2024
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Great Horned Owlet Tries To Ring Around The Sotol Plant, Gets Stuck And Retreats – May 13, 2024
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Athena Departs Great Horned Owl Nest After Morning Feeding – May 14, 2024
News
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May 20, 2024 Wildflower Center Great Horned Owl Cam Timeline
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May 17, 2024 Great Horned Owls Start Leaving The Nest
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April 10, 2024 Most Watched Nest Cam Highlights From Bird Cams!
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March 19, 2024 Athena The Great Horned Owl Shows Off Her Third Eyelid
About “Athena” and the Wildflower Center Great Horned Owls
For more than a decade, the Wildflower Center has been home to a nesting pair of great horned owls. The female, who they have affectionately named Athena, nests right above the entrance to the courtyard in a sotol planter. When conditions are right and her eggs hatch into owlets, she provides a rare opportunity to view a wild great horned owl rearing her young.
Great Horned Owls are fierce predators that hunt a diverse assortment of prey. They are generally nocturnal hunters, but will also hunt in broad daylight. Throughout the nesting period, the owls may arrive at the nest site with meals of small- to medium-sized mammals, reptiles, fish, and birds of all sizes.
Female Great Horned Owls spend most of the time at the nest caring for eggs and owlets while males hunt for food. After fledging, young may remain with their parents for 3–4 months before dispersing from natal territories.
About the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Named the Botanic Garden of Texas by the state legislature, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center welcomes almost 250,000 people to its gardens annually, fulfilling its mission to inspire the conservation of native plants through research, conservation, education, and horticultural programs. The Wildflower Center is part of the University of Texas Field Station network and is the embodiment of Mrs. Johnson’s environmental legacy, a fact she recognized by noting, “Our Center works for more than the lovely blossoms in our open spaces. We are concerned for all of North America’s native plants, from the smallest sprout to the tallest tree.”
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