One of our birders posted a couple of days ago about analyzing the pellet that she would regurgitate after her digestive system finishes with the edible parts of the prey. We haven’t found any pellets (and we’ve been reminded to use gloves when retrieving these – you don’t know where that’s been!), but we believe that the male is bringing her prey and that she leaves the nest occasionally to eliminate and to eat. She frequently is smacking her bill when she returns. We’ll let you know when someone sees the male again, but meanwhile see the video with yesterday’s post entitled “Mom and Dad on the nest..”

Thanks! Been hearing them for decades, but only got lucky recently. Had no idea how big they were. 🙂

Those are great. Thank you for posting. SO cool you can get such a clear view of them. We only hear them here in the North Atlanta area. We see and hear Barred Owls closer to our homes than the GHO. They seem to stay further into the woods by the lake.