[EBB Sightings] Great Horned Owls

Yesterday I made my second attempt to visit the Wildcat Canyon site where 
Lance Beeson reported seeing several Great Horned Owls. I am pleased to report 
that I spotted a Great Horned Owl right where Lance said it would be in previous 
postings to EBB Sightings.  

I immediately sat down and spent the next half hour observing her (?). She 
was about 14" or so tall, and had a blackish tint to her coloration.  She yawned 
a huge yawn, moved so she was sitting right in the sun, and proceeded to 
continually doze off.  Then to my even greater surprise, a much bigger, more brown 
colored, Great Horned Owl flew up and sat down right next to her. He (?) 
hooted a few times and attempted to groom her around the side of her head, which 
she resisted.  Then they both sat together for the next half hour until a jay 
showed up and made a commotion a few feet above them.  This seemed to motivate 
the bigger owl to fly deeper into the forest, where he continued to be 
harassed by 2 jays.
 
Good birding to all of you,

Roger Polk
MrBit at AOL.com