ML646751675

Observation details

I first found this Owl on March 30, 2022 in this very same tree, and I have seen him over the years, sometimes in different spots nearby. He was my first Owl ever seen in person. I saw 3 of his offspring in 2023. This is an adult Eastern GHOW as it has the tawny orange facial disks with dense barring on the belly with tawny flanks. There are Southwest and Pacific subspecies with varied coloration. The Eastern GHOW tend to be more richly colored. The females tend to be browner and more heavily barred on the belly but better told apart by the larger size of the female. I have named this Great Horned Owl, Ogimaa. It is the Algonquin word for "one who sits" and is the word used for chief or traditional tribal leader. It is pronounced oh-gee-mah, with a hard "g" sound as in "give."