#great grey owl
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bethanythebogwitch · 9 months ago
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I heard it's Superb Owl Sunday so I have prepared some superb owls for you.
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The barn owl is the most widespread species of owl, living on every continent except Antarctica. Their faces are shaped like a disk to help their hearing, giving them some of the best hearing of any owl. They mostly hunt by sound.
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Snowy owls are the largest arctic predatory birds, They are born with black feathers and get whiter as they age. Females usually have more dark feathers than males.
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Eastern screech owls have a few feather variants that make them look like completely different species.
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The southern white-faced owl can increase its metabolic rate during winter to compensate for the cold and lack of food. They lay their eggs in nests built and abandoned by other birds.
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The great grey owl is the largest owl by length, but a lot of that is feathers and they're actually very light for their size. Their hearing is good enough to hear rodents burrowing through snow and they can break through hard-packed snow to catch prey.
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Blakiston's fish owl is the largest owl by mass and eats mostly fish. Despite the name, they may be more closely related to eagle owls than fish owls.
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The elf owl is the smallest owl species, barely larger than a sparrow. They hunt bugs and play dead when caught. They like to live in holes in saguaro cacti.
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Burrowing owls live in underground burrows. While they can dig, they mostly take over burrows from other animals. Farmers killing prairie dogs has severely reduced burrowing owl populations. They decorate their burrows with feces to attract bugs to eat.
The barking owl is called that because
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Its nice to have a day to appreciate superb owls. Feel free to spread the love by reblogging with some more owl facts.
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wolfsteax · 8 months ago
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'It's not glorious, it's not beautiful, it's not even heroic. It's merely doing what's right.'
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maureen2musings · 1 year ago
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coiour-my-world · 1 year ago
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Video: @nathanclarkwildlife
Mother Great Gray Owl with two tiny owlets. The owlets hatch as very small, helpless, nearly naked little babies and their mother has to stay with them almost every moment to keep them warm, protect them from predators and feed them. Under her care they grow rapidly and new warm feathers come in so that within three weeks the mother can take breaks off the nest ~ @nathanclarkwildlife
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lovilego · 3 months ago
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Edit: I forgor to paint their eyes😭😭sorry
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sitting-on-me-bum · 7 months ago
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“A Moment of Prayer”
Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa), Helsinki, Finland.
Photographer: Arto Leppänen
Bird Photographer of the Year
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kabukiaku · 2 years ago
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strigiformes (owl) studies! 🦉💖
definitely expect more. 
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johnnyslittleanimalblog · 4 months ago
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Great Grey
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Great Grey by Spirithills
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heartwarminganimals · 1 year ago
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senecar0cks · 2 years ago
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Guardians of Ga’Hoole fan art of the band plus Otulissa and Eglantine.
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dopescissorscashwagon · 2 months ago
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Great Grey Owl
Weltvogelpark Walsrode - Germany
📸 by @mandennophotography
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demitsorou · 10 months ago
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first actual art of 2024, my hubby's and mine owlsonas
His is a great grey owl + pallas cat griffin, mine is a weirdo creatura vaguely related to tawny and barn owls.
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whereifindsanity · 3 months ago
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A great gray owl by Harry Collins Photography
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colonellickburger · 2 months ago
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Karen McNally. Talon touchdown. Great Grey Owl. Boreal Forest habitat of western Canada
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birdblues · 1 year ago
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Great Grey Owl
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lenaeger1524 · 11 months ago
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eh, it’s a pity that Twilight is a minor character, but it’s okay, the story is still interesting. Thanks to the Guardians of Ga'Hoole for making me love owls now
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