Nest Wars
The rivalry
Two territorial raptors, a great horned owl and a red-shouldered hawk, laid claim to the same nest in a single live-oak tree. The cameras captured the confrontations, the standoffs, and the shifting control of the nest over time.
The footage
Watch the nest
A great horned owl and a red-shouldered hawk fought over the same live-oak nest, and the owl ended up incubating a hawk egg. Every clip below is genuine, unstaged backyard footage recorded in South Central Texas. Nothing here is generated or presented as artificial wildlife.
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The story so far
One nest, two raptors
An unlikely turn
The competition led to a rare outcome: the owl took over the nest while a hawk egg remained inside, and went on to incubate it. Moments like this are seldom recorded in a backyard setting.
Location
A residential live-oak nest in South Central Texas.
Species
Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) and red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus), both native North American raptors.
Footage
Recorded on trail and nest cameras. Real events, observed as they happened, never staged.
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