Great horned baby owl that lives in my tree
1mon 15d ago by lemmy.ml/u/Anissem in superbowl from lemmy.ml
You got that wrong - that tree isn't yours, it belongs to the owl.
Just kidding, wish I had such cute neighbours.
That smirk is so precious 😍
Spider-owl, spider-owl, goes wherever a spider-owl can...
What a fuzzball
Can we tell a gender from this shot?
Getting weight and wing measurements of adults can get you a reasonably (90-ish %) accurate idea of gender. For babies, they'd have to check chromosomes. With adults, you can see if they lay an egg or develop a brood patch, and some will do other gender role type activities that can help distinguish them.
A handful of owls will have some visual indicators, but they're not always very accurate. Barn Owl females usually have more belly spots and a browner "beard", but it isn't too difficult to find examples that break that guideline.
Very interesting thanks!
My pleasure!
Owl.
Not that I know of