FILES LINKS CREDITS OWL STUFF SPECIES GENUS LOCATION AMERICA AFRICA EUROPE MIDDLE EAST ASIA OCEANIA SOUNDS PHYSIOLOGY GENERAL BEHAVIOUR HUNTING DIGESTION VISION HEARING FEATHERS BEAK TALONS SKELETON BREEDING STORIES ARTWORK MYTHOLOGY RESCUE ABOUT US CONTACT US PRIVACY ABOUT HOME BUBO GREAT HORNED OWL BUBO VIRGINIANUS INTRODUCTION THE GREAT HORNED OWL POWERFUL OWL PROMINENT EAR SEEN THE VIRGINIA SPECIES NAME LATINISED PHOTO GALLERY SOUND PAIR CALLING DOUG TYPICAL MALE KARLA FEMALE INFORMATION FACIAL DISC BLACKISH EYES THE BILL CERE EYEBROWS WHITISH UPPERPARTS MOTTLED VERMICULATED BLACK THE CROWN SIMILAR THE MANTLE DARK AND LIGHT OUTER SCAPULARS MARKED DARK SPOTS SHOULDER FLIGHT TAIL PRIMARIES UNDERPARTS BECOMING THROAT UPPER BREAST THE REST LIGHT AND DARK TOES ZONE AT THE END COLOURED CLAWS HORN LENGTH WINGSPAN FEMALES ACTIVITY GENERALLY BEGINS AFTERNOON SEXES AGGRESSIVE INTRUDERS GREAT HORNED OWLS REPERTOIRE RANGING DEEP HOOTS SHRILL RESONANT TERRITORIAL CALL HEARD KILOMETRES MALES VOICE GIVE GROWLING SCREAMING NOTE OTHER SOUNDS DISTURBED DUSK MIDNIGHT THEN AGAIN BEFORE DAWN HUNT SNAGS POLES WATCHING GLIDING ABOVE THE GROUND HIGH PERCHES DIVE DOWN THE GROUND WINGS SNATCHING WALKING ON CAPTURE WADING WATER SNATCH FROGS WALK CHICKEN COOPS DOMESTIC FOWL RABBITS APART FEEDING OR AT BIRDS LEGS WING TIPS WIDE RANGE RABBITS AND HARES MAMMALIAN SOMETIMES DOMESTIC DOGS BIRD OWLS SNOWY OWL GREAT BLUE HERON REPTILES YOUNG AMPHIBIANS FOODS ROAD POWERFUL ENOUGH PREY 2 TO 3 TIMES ITSELF PELLETS SKULLS HOURS AFTER NESTING SEASON HOOT TO EACH CLOSE BILL RUBBING PREENING DO NOT BUILD NEST UTILISE NESTS CROW HOLLOWS ROCKY WITCHES ABANDONED BUILDINGS ARTIFICIAL DEFENDING THE NEST CONTINUE ATTACK THE INTRUDER DRIVEN EGGS LAID START ROAMING ONTO NEARBY BRANCHES CANNOT FLY WEEKS WEANED FAMILIES SUMMER DISPERSE ADULTS AREAS TERRITORIES AS 8 SOLITARY MATE THE NESTING AVERAGE HOME RANGES SQUARE KMS CAPTIVE TO LIVE WILD UP TO 13 YEARS RELATED KILLS THE ONLY NATURAL ENEMIES NORTHERN DISPUTES PEREGRINE FALCONS HABITATS DENSE DESERTS AREA NORTH AMERICA TREELINE CENTRAL SOUTH RESIDENT LIVING LOCALLY ORIGINAL JOHANN SYSTEMA NATURAE YOUR AXIA CLAUS GUIDE THE OWLS THE WORLD YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS WILDLIFE JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHIC KAREL NORTHERN HEMISPHERE THE MIT PRESS NORTH PAGE DEANE LAST TWEET
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