Owl -Douglas County

[Jill Boice]

Hi all,  I saw something very unusual last night.   My daughter, Run,
volunteers at a ranch near Castlerock.  She does evening chores  At
dusk, we were near the chicken coop and saw a large Great Horned Owl
sitting in a spindly pine, very close by.  Under the adult was what
looked like one or two owlets.  I was wondering how that owlet got over
to the little tree that clearly did not have a nest in it.  Suddenly the
adult (she, presumably) spooked and rose up, with her large owlet
grasped in her talons and carried it to a tree maybe 30 feet away.  It
deposited the youngster in there somewhere.  A short time later she flew
further away, to the top of another tree and began hooting.

I have never seen a bird carry its young like that.  Sort of like a mama
cat might do.  I don't think I have even read about owls doing this. 
Anybody else familiar with this?

Sadly, of course, I did not have my camera on hand.

Jill