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Athena, the renowned great horned owl at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, has welcomed her first owlet of the season. The tiny chick emerged from its egg at four forty-five a.m. on Wednesday, stretching its wings almost immediately. Athena, in her sixteenth year of nesting, has been documented eating the empty shell for calcium. She briefly left the nest around six fifteen a.m., leaving the chick with the second egg still intact. The second egg is yet to hatch, as great horned owls typically space out their chicks by a few days. The live feed from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is streaming the action on YouTube, with more potential arrivals expected soon.

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