Taunting the great horned owl

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One of the great horned owls likes to sit up in a live oak tree above the dry creek during the day. Sometimes he gets very little rest. This video shows him being taunted by a squirrel, a titmouse, and a hawk - either just for sport or to try to irritate him enough to make him leave.

Eventually he did leave, and a gray fox came along and took a nap right on the owl's favorite perching spot, seemingly unafraid that the owl might swoop in and attack him. For the fox, it would not have been a good place to engage in a fight since he was about 25' high above the solid rock creek bed.

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