GREAT HORNED OWL

 Great Horned Owls can grow up to are 22 inches

tall- about the size of a grown-up cat.
 Great Horned Owls are spotted grey-brown, with
reddish brown faces and a neat white patch on
the throat.
 Great Horned Owls are nocturnal.
 Their large eyes cannot move.
 Their call is a deep, stuttering series of four to five hoots.
 Great Horned Owls vary in color tone across their range: birds from the Pacific
Northwest tend to be dark sooty; individuals across the Southwest are paler and
greyer; and birds from subarctic Canada can be almost white.
 Great Horned Owls are large owls -- about 18 to 25 inches long and have a wingspan
between 35-60 inches.
 Great Horned Owls hunt by perching or gliding slowly high above the ground
 They hunt mostly mammals and birds
 The Great Horned Owls are wide spread and have adapted to many different
habitats. They are most often found in treed areas like forests, woodlands and
shrub lands.
 Great Horned Owls likely mate for life, beginning at 2 years of age
 The Great Horned Owl's only natural enemy is other Great Horned Owls, though
occasionally other birds may try to get their eggs.
 The male and female call to each other during courtship.
 They use the abandoned nests of other birds, usually hawks or crows
 They are extremely aggressive when defending the nest and will continue to attack
until the intruder is killed or driven off
 It regurgitates or throws up the undigested parts, like bones and fur, in owl pellets.
 Great Horned Owl mothers lay 2 or 3 eggs in these nests and sit on them for about
30 days.
 Both parents take part in providing food for young owls.
 Owls are powerful birds and fiercely protective parents.
 Males have a lower-pitched voice than females when hooting
 Nesting season is in January or February when the males and females hoot to each
other.
 A long-lived Owl, captive birds have been known to live 29 to 38 years, and wild
Owls up to 13 years.