"Owl's" Well

Look who came for a late-night snack! This beautiful horned owl found his
way into one of our roster pens one night last month. His talons and wings were very impressive, and we were all in awe just to be within 20 feet of this amazing predator with his penetrating eyes and stern gaze.

We think he only had one bird for dinner before Mike found him in the morning, and closed the gate to separate him from the pen's remaining inhabitants. You can just see the separate room the roosters are in. But even though there was a door between them, we noticed our birds definitely kept as much distance as they could!

After we ooh-ed and ahh-ed over him for a while, the owl seemed calm enough to release without any danger to ourselves. Mike and a couple of helpers slid open a roof panel, and the owl wasted no time in making a dramatic exit.