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WHY ARE THESE OWLS IN CAPTIVITY?
Iris cannot live in the wild because she is blind in one eye. She is held under permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as part of a research project to study their vocalizations. This captive breeding situation has helped:
• Document the complete vocal repertoire of the Great Horned Owl and associated behaviors
• Track the development of the territorial hoot in young owls
• Determine the stability of the territorial hoot of individual owls over time
• Determine if there are inherited territorial hoot characteristics
This research is helping future Great Horned Owl researchers understand their study subjects much better and may lessen the need to capture and mark owls to identify individuals.
Rusty the Great Horned Owl's vision declined to the point of blindness and he earned his angel wings on January 31, 2022.
More background information here.
Iris cannot live in the wild because she is blind in one eye. She is held under permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as part of a research project to study their vocalizations. This captive breeding situation has helped:
• Document the complete vocal repertoire of the Great Horned Owl and associated behaviors
• Track the development of the territorial hoot in young owls
• Determine the stability of the territorial hoot of individual owls over time
• Determine if there are inherited territorial hoot characteristics
This research is helping future Great Horned Owl researchers understand their study subjects much better and may lessen the need to capture and mark owls to identify individuals.
Rusty the Great Horned Owl's vision declined to the point of blindness and he earned his angel wings on January 31, 2022.
More background information here.
