Baby Great Horned Owl -- UPDATE

First a brief summary.

The female Great Horned Owl began sitting on an "old Cooper's Hawk" nest about three months ago.  The nest is 70-80 feet high in one of our aleppo pine trees. Incubation is typically 30-35 days and about the same time for Nestling.  Three weeks ago a young owlet fell onto the welcome mat in our private courtyard. It stayed there for a week getting a little bolder each day. Then two weeks ago baby, mom, and dad left the scene and hadn't been seen or heard since -- until today.

All three are back in the neighborhood, across the street from us where they have lived for at least 19 years.

I just got back with photos:

Side view of the Owlet

Front view of the same Owlet

Here is the adult male:

Baby Great Horned Owl - June 18

Our baby Great Horned Owl has now gotten a little bolder. He has moved into a small tree next to our courtyard, just on the other side of the wall:

Here a little later in the day, he has moved to a horizontal branch.

Baby Great Horned Owl - June 17, 2019

Our little Great Horned Owl is getting a little bolder -- now up on the wall that surrounds our courtyard:

Baby Great Horned Owl - June 16

The baby Great Horned Owl spends a lot of time sitting in -- or on -- an empty flower pot, providing some wonderful photos: