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Boulder Daily Camera Article: <br /> <br /> <br />Great Horned Owls in Louisville are seen in this screen shot taken from a video uploaded in <br />2019. (Louisville Open Space Division) <br />By VARUN IYER | <br />PUBLISHED: February 1, 2020 at 2:00 pm | UPDATED: February 3, 2020 at 6:30 am <br />Louisville is once again providing an opportunity for people to witness the great horned owl’s <br />breeding season, courtesy of cameras perched at nesting areas on open space properties, and <br />accessible online to the general public. <br />The Louisville Open Space Division and Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute hope <br />to build off last year’s success with the camera program and are once again partnering up to <br />research the mating season. Both organizations have live feeds from the cameras available on <br />their websites. <br /> <br />The Great Horned Owl is one of the largest and heaviest owls found throughout much of North <br />America. Female great horned owls can lay as many as four eggs during incubation, but they <br />average about two to three during mating season. Incubating lasts about 35 days with the female <br />doing most of the incubation. <br />The Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute continue to gather more information <br />about the great horned owl and other birds in the area and hope they can do so without affecting <br />the natural habitat. <br />“What’s most important to us is to gain insight to what these birds are doing in their natural <br />habitat without any interference from people,” said Scott Rashid, director of the Colorado Avian <br />Research and Rehabilitation Institute. <br />6