The wildflower center's favorite feathered friend, Athena, is back for another year of nesting — and you can now watch it all live. Athena is a female great horned owl who has laid eggs at the Lady ...

In the span of little more than a week, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center released several major updates about Athena ...

After years of being a nocturnal aviary legend in the city, Austin honored Athena, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s resident Great Horned Owl, with the proclamation at a ceremony Friday ...

The surviving owlet from the Wildflower Center nest is recovering with help from a surrogate great horned owl.

AUSTIN, Texas — With bright yellow eyes and a wingspan of approximately four feet long, the Great Horned Owl is a common species of bird seen throughout the U.S. year-round. In Austin, one owl in ...

The owlet has now been placed with a surrogate owl named Eddison, who is helping care for and raise the bird as it continues ...

Last year, Athena followed a similar nesting schedule, arriving and laying two eggs in March. Both owlets fledged on May 25. Athena has successfully raised owlets for every season but one, when she ...

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's beloved great horned owl, Athena, is back at her nesting spot—laying an egg Thursday morning. The center celebrated Athena's return for the 16th consecutive year.

New mom, who hoots? Athena's surviving owlet gets to celebrate Mother's Day with a new mom.

Both chicks from Austin's well-known owl Athena died this April, ending the Wildflower Center's live cam stream for the 2026 season.