The Umpqua Valley Audubon Society and Roseburg Public Library invite the public to a presentation on great horned owls by Colorado researcher Scott Rashid at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28.
Rashid will visit virtually on Zoom, and attendees are invited to participate in person at the library, 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd., or on the library’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/roseburglibrary. A Facebook account is not required.
The great horned owl, one of the largest and most powerful owls in North America, is found in virtually every habitat on the continent. It can live in cities, mountains and even the plains, and it feeds on nearly anything, from insects to full-grown turkeys.
As with other owls, great horned owls do not construct their own nests but rather use the abandoned nests of other birds, including eagles, hawks, crows and ravens.
Rashid will share images of great horned owl nesting sites in different parts of the country; videos of the owls’ courtship, egg laying, nesting, growth of their young, and the food items they bring to their nestlings. He also will show videos of owlets leaving their home for the first time and what they look like as they develop into adult owls.
Rashid is an artist, researcher, bird rehabilitator, author and nonprofit director who has been painting, illustrating and writing about birds for more than 30 years. In 2011, he created the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute (CARRI) in Estes Park, Colo., focused on rehabilitating injured birds found in and around Estes Park and researching birds in and around Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park and the front range of Colorado.
In 2025, Rashid earned the Champion of Owls Award and was inducted into the World Owl Hall of Fame by the International Owl Center in Houston, Minn.
The program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Roseburg Public Library staff at 541-492-7050 or
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To learn more about the Umpqua Valley Audubon Society, visit their website at www.umpquaaudubon.org.
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