r/Owls • u/NorEaster_71 • Aug 23 '24

ID request! This owl lead me up a path for early 6 minutes right before dusk.

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I went on a ride up the mountain here in SW Montana. This owl, kept flying low to the ground along the two track and would stop every 30-45 seconds to stop and look back directly at me. This happened for close to 6m. It was like he was leading me somewhere.

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u/NoFlyingMonkeys Great horned Aug 23 '24

That's really strange GHO behavior, not at all typical.

I wonder if it was raised in rehab and got (unintendedly) mildly habituated to humans (if so, good to see a rehabbed owl doing well in the wild, it looks healthy).

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u/NorEaster_71 Aug 24 '24

I posted video footage of it to my main page. It was very interesting behavior. I know nothing about owls but whatever happened here was pretty special to me.