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The wildflower center's favorite feathered friend, Athena, is back for another year of nesting — and you can now watch it all live. Athena is a female great horned owl who has laid eggs at the Lady ...
UPDATE: Athena's second owlet hatched early Friday morning. The nest camera captured two owlets after mom flew out of the nest at the entrance to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austinites ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Whooooo’s back?! The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s beloved resident owl Athena is back at her nest for the 13th year in a row, the center confirmed Friday. Athena laid her ...
"They enter the world covered in white natal down, with their eyes shut for approximately 9-11 days," Cornell Lab captioned a video depicting the owlet's egg tooth, a temporary hard projection on the ...
Athena the great horned owl's eggs have finally hatched at Austin's Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. This marks the 15th consecutive year the popular great horned owl has nested at the center.
Athena the great horned owl is back once again at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the center has again set up an "owl cam" so viewers can watch her via a livestream video. Athena returned ...
After years of being a nocturnal aviary legend in the city, Austin honored Athena, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s resident Great Horned Owl, with the proclamation at a ceremony Friday ...
AUSTIN, Texas — One of Austin's favorite feathered friends is back! Athena the great horned owl is back once again at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the center has again set up an "owl ...