Roughley Manor's Resident Owls

Our Great Horned Owls

We have two Great Horned owls that make Roughley Manor their home. They mate in December and January, then the female goes in the nest (in the tamarisk tree right in front of the main house) to lay her eggs. They both incubate the eggs for approximately 30 days at which time (hopefully) they hatch baby Great Horned owls. We have had babies 16 of the 17 years we have owned the Manor. They babies stay until around late June or July, then they leave to find their own home. The adults stay here until time to mate again. It is quite a sight watching the babies grow up.