Alberta
Alberta is an 8+ year old Great Horned Owl that came to OLC due to an amputated right shoulder. She was thought to be hit by a car, which is a very common injury since owls are slow fliers. Alberta has a regal personality.When volunteers come into the mew she'll hiss and try to make herself appear bigger. When people aren't invading her space, she looks at them curiously and goes about her business. Alberta likes to eat rats and mice.Great Horned Owls are powerful birds, they have enough power to break a broomstick in half. The Great Horned Owl wing span is about 4 feet long and they can weigh about 4 ½ pounds! That's a lot of weight on the person who handles these birds. Like Alberta, female Great Horns are bigger in size than the males. Their 'hoo' is a bit higher in tone than the male's. Feather color can be rusty rufus, normal brown, and almost white.