Papa G’Ho: NE GRUMPY GREAT HORNED OWL
CLACK! CLACK! CLACK!
Papa G’Ho puffs out his feathers and claps his beak. He’s angry. Get back, human! This baby is mine!
CLACK! CLACK! CLACK! Baby owl puffs out its feathers and claps its beak, too. That’s right, human! Back off!
Papa G’Ho, with his flattened “horns”—tufts of feathers that look like ears—is one grumpy owl. As a surrogate father he’s teaching the little owlet to be wary of humans. And that’s a good thing. Without this wariness, the baby owl, even when an adult, would not be able to survive in the wild.
The owlet, patient #16-0097, was brought to the Wildlife Center of Virginia when it was about three weeks old. Loggers clearing trees
