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 ...

in which it is the symbol of Athena — the goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and handicrafts, per Britannica. Owls are also nocturnal creatures, so maybe it was simply telling us we work too ...

Athena the great horned owl's eggs have finally hatched at Austin's Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. This marks the 15th consecutive year the popular great horned owl has nested at the center.