By viewing the website/live stream you agree not to harass Lupe or her mate and owlets in any way. You also agree not to disclose her exact location.

Unfortunately the live stream will not work on school accounts.

Lupe is a female Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owls are the most common owls in Colorado. With a wingspan of nearly five feet long they are also the largest. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has found Great Horned Owls in every Colorado state park. Most Great Horned Owls use the nests of other animals, which is exactly what Lupe did. She took this nest from two magpies that originally built it, occasionally they come back so keep a look out for them! These owls may also use cavities in trees, abandoned buildings, ledges, and pipes, and may even lay their eggs on the ground, but they never build their own nests.

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Check Out Lupe's New Chicks!!!

There are three chicks in the nest! Vote on the owlets' official names on the Google Form below!!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvMsFhw7JLvjiBEYRei8Yi2DT4jftlCszhmqePhRbRV1KM_Q/viewform

Say Hello to Lupe's Mate Mike!

As an homage to D'Evelyn's very own campus supervisor Mike. Thank you for all that you do for us!

Thanks to Mr. Paschke for this AWESOME picture, and for all of the others on this website!

What do they eat?

Great Horned Owls feed on large animals like rabbits, skunks, squirrels, and even other large birds, for example, hawks and waterfowl.

*They can also feed on small domestic animals so keep your pets safe by keeping them indoors after dusk.*

How do we know Lupe is a female?

Female Great Horned Owls are the ones that nest and incubate the eggs.

Also, females are 10-20% larger than male Great Horned Owls and as you can see, Lupe is quite large.

(The Zoo Idaho website linked at the bottom says both genders incubate but all of the other credible sources I have looked at say it is only the females.)

Do they actually have horns?

Even though they are named Great Horned Owls, they do not have horns. These "horns" are actually called plumicorns, which are bunches of feathers.

How long do Great Horned Owls live?

They can live about 13 years in the wild!

What kinds of adaptations do they have?

To fly silently and sneak up on their prey, these owls have specialized filaments on their wing feathers. Lupe and other owls of her kind have the ability to see a hundred times better in the dark than humans can! Additionally, they have amazing hearing and their eyes do not move in their sockets, instead their heads are able to turn 270 degrees.

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Here is a little Channel 9 news clip that goes over how this project was founded in the first place! Watch as Sofia Ambriz and one of her teachers, Megan Bender, explain how Lupe first arrived at D'Evelyn!

Thank you so much to everyone who helped me with this project, especially Mr. Wille, Mrs. Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Paschke, my Eagle Scout counselor: Mrs. Jessica McMahill, Mr. Nelson Garcia, Rayna Hylden, Ms. Rachel Cooley, Ms. Amundson, Ms. Cook, Ms. Long, Ms. Olson, Mrs. Suzanne Roberts, Lilyrose Hill, and my mom. I really appreciate your help and continued support, thank you for making this project possible!

Works Cited: Check out these websites for more information too!

https://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/resource-sharing/state-pubs-blog/colorados-owl-species/
https://zooidaho.org/animals/fact-sheets/great-horned-owl/ At the bottom of this website are some more bird cams if you want to check them out!
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/bird-cams-faq-great-horned-owl-nest/#nest-parent
https://lnt.org/why/7-principles/ (This is the Leave No Trace website)
https://theconversation.com/why-the-future-of-africas-forests-and-savannas-is-under-threat-78421

Thanks to Mr. Paschke for the awesome pictures of Lupe, her mate, and her owlets!

Written and created by: Sofia Ambriz with the amazingly awesome help of Lilyrose Hill!

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