is really going to enjoy the water sprayer I’ve configured in the trees today, having watched it hopping around in the sprinkler yesterday like a little kid, wings spread wide. It was 100° F with similar temperatures forecast for today and tomorrow, and what youngster wouldn’t enjoy the water?
Juvenile Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) in the direct morning light, patiently waiting to play in the sprinkler.
Now nearly noon with rapidly warming temperatures, this youngster took refuge in a deeply shaded corner of my shed roof, wondering what time the pool opens.
Success! Happy owls enjoying a cool shower. They’ve both lingered within the spray for several hours throughout the hot afternoon.
Washed, dried and fluffed at the end of another hot day.