Resident bird species are just getting into courtship, most migrants are yet to arrive, but Great Horned Owls have chicks in their nests. These young birds are perhaps two weeks from fledging — leaving the nest to begin their training for self-sufficiency. It will last into fall. Crowded into this nest, found in Burnsville yesterday, are one adult owl and two chicks. When it comes to being babies and cute, mammals have a real edge over birds.

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