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 ...

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 ...

Last year, Athena followed a similar nesting schedule, arriving and laying two eggs in March. Both owlets fledged on May 25. Athena has successfully raised owlets for every season but one, when she ...

AUSTIN, Texas — With bright yellow eyes and a wingspan of approximately four feet long, the Great Horned Owl is a common species of bird seen throughout the U.S. year-round. In Austin, one owl in ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For more than 10 years, a Great Horned Owl has been returning to one Central Texas location to lay her eggs. Last week, the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin announced the ...

Athena’s owl cam captures egg cracking, owlet breaking … News / Apr 9, 2025 / 06:44 AM CDT ...

"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 ...

A certain famous urban bird has officially made her nest and laid her eggs this year in Austin’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Now, fans of this flying creature can enjoy watching her progress ...

As we transition from spring to summer here in Texas, baby animals that were born in the past few months are starting to become more independent. This is what’s happening at the Lady Bird Johnson ...

EAST AURORA, N.Y. — Owls are wildlife that is more often heard than seen. Their haunting calls are sometimes the only evidence they're around at all. In myth and legend, they are seen as both good and ...