Great horned owls will attack a human but most other owls will avoid you. This is breeding season for great horned owls, they’re prepping their nests so it might have been territorial. Best to close that trail until March or April when the babies are mobile in the nest. Having said that I have videos on my channel of a pair of great horned owls that nest every year on my property. They’ve never attacked us and we got to watch those babies grow up including catching their first flight. Magnificent birds but they’re very big and territorial.
Great horned owls will attack a human but most other owls will avoid you.
This is breeding season for great horned owls, they’re prepping their nests so it might have been territorial. Best to close that trail until March or April when the babies are mobile in the nest.
Having said that I have videos on my channel of a pair of great horned owls that nest every year on my property. They’ve never attacked us and we got to watch those babies grow up including catching their first flight.
Magnificent birds but they’re very big and territorial.
Not sure of the breading season but many birds will attack your head when they are protecting their nest.