#great grey owl

[bethanythebogwitch]

I heard it's Superb Owl Sunday so I have prepared some superb owls for you.

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.

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.

Eastern screech owls have a few feather variants that make them look like completely different species.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Its nice to have a day to appreciate superb owls. Feel free to spread the love by reblogging with some more owl facts.

[wolfsteax]

'It's not glorious, it's not beautiful, it's not even heroic. It's merely doing what's right.'

[birdninjaart]

Yup he definitely missed the vole he was after, look at that goofy face

[solidagold]

A Great Grey Owl I saw on a hiking trail the other day

[strawberryjayne]

Great Grey Owl in Flight

www.nathanclarkewildlife.com

[maureen2musings]

ollenilssonen

[eternal--returned]

eternal--returned ֍ Hoot Hoot, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (2019)

[parsleydraws]

amber eyed shapeshifter

[autistrix]

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201704649] Great Gray Owl || Strix nebulosa Observed in Russia Least Concern in location of observation

[lovilego]

Edit: I forgor to paint their eyes😭😭sorry

[sitting-on-me-bum]

“A Moment of Prayer”

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa), Helsinki, Finland.

Photographer: Arto Leppänen

Bird Photographer of the Year

[birdninjaart]

It's been cold here so have a cold morning with a great grey owl

[pavelnyrikov]

Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) 

Moscow, February 2024 / Photographer: Pavel Nyrikov

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Great Grey by Spirithills

[strawberryjayne]

Photographer Anaïs Trépanier ventured into the wilds with the hopes of capturing memorable photos but instead ended up as the subject of one when a giant grey owl swooped down and perched on her camera