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	Great Horned Owl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Horned Owls are one of the earliest breeding owls of North America.
		This is possible because owl ears are not placed in the same position on either side of their head: the right ear is typically set higher in the skull and at a slightly different angle.
		The Great Horned Owl is the provincial bird of Alberta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Horned_Owl (559 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		The great horned owls facial disk may have orangish or grayish feathers, and whiter feathers that form a V between the yellow eyes with fl pupils.
		Great horned owls tend to perch during the daylight hours in a protected rocky alcove or on a tree limb.
		Great horned owl eyes, which are almost as large as a humans, allows a great amount of light to pass through the pupil, so the owl can see in dark conditions.
	www.desertusa.com /mag00/jan/papr/ghowl.html (1445 words)

	Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) is one of the biggest of North America's owls, at about 18 to 25 inches from beak to tail.
		Great horned owls have shown that they are very adaptable, finding a living in places changed by human invasion.
		The downside to the great horned owl's resourcefulness is that it puts it in close contact with insidious garden pesticides to ill effect.
	www.chintiminiwildlife.org /Education/WildNatHist/HornedOwl.htm (202 words)

	NPWRC :: The Owls of North Dakota
		The great horned owl, sometimes called the "cat owl" or "hoot owl," is one of the most widespread and commonly recognized owls.
		The great horned owl ranges in color from the usual brown to light gray and is heavily barred crosswise, with a white throat patch and distinct ear tufts or "horns." In flight, the great horned owl is as large as our largest hawks, except it appears reckless and large-headed.
		The great horned owl usually nests in trees, using the abandoned nest of a hawk, eagle, crow, heron, or occasionally a squirrel, but will also nest in caves, hollow trees, and even on the ground.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/owls/bubovirg.htm (313 words)

	The Great Horned Owl : Utah's Hogle Zoo
		The great horned owl is readily recognized by its large size and large ear tufts, up to 3 inches in length, which are nearly always erect.
		Great horned owls are generally solitary and nocturnal, but they can be seen during daylight hours, especially if the sky is overcast.
		Great horned owls are long-lived birds in captivity, commonly living into their twenties.
	www.hoglezoo.org /animals/view.php?id=122 (685 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		The Great Horned Owl was adopted as Alberta's provincial bird on May 3, 1977, by a province wide children's vote.
		The Great Horned Owl is one of Canada's most common birds of prey (raptors) and lives here (and throughout North America) year round.
		Great Horned Owls are mainly nocturnal (meaning they hunt at night), but they also hunt during the day in the wintertime.
	www.kidzone.ws /animals/birds/great_horned_owl.htm (720 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Great Horned Owl
		As is the general case with hawks and owls, the female Great Horned Owl is considerably larger than the male, averaging about 2 kg to the male’s 1 to 1.5 kg, with a wingspan of about 1.2 m.
		Young Great Horned Owls normally do not move far from the area in which they were born: over 90 percent of nestlings that have been banded and later recovered moved less than 80 km.
		The Great Horned Owl is found in virtually all of the forested and semi-forested regions of North, Central, and South America, except on the islands of the Caribbean.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=42 (1489 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		One widespread superstition is that an owl's hoot warns of misfortune.
		This bird's "horns" aren't horns at all—they are tufts of feathers.
		Great Horned Owls that live in desert areas and snowy areas have paler plumage than those found in forested regions.
	www.iwrc-online.org /kids/Facts/Birds/ghow.htm (305 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Great Horned Owl
		The great horned owl is a large owl with ear tufts and barred feathers on the underside of its body.
		Great horned owls may be active during the day or night, but are mostly nocturnal.
		Great horned owls are one of the primary predators for skunks in North America.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/strigiformes/great-horned-owl.htm (498 words)

	Oregon Zoo Animals: Great Horned Owl
		The Great Horned Owl is characterized by large ear tufts, yellow eyes, an owl’s facial disk, a lack of a visible neck, and feathers down to the talons.
		Owls begin to incubate the eggs from the time the first one is laid, so the young hatch out at intervals and a nest may contain young of different ages and sizes.
		The Great Horned Owl is said to be one of the fiercest of the birds of prey.
	www.oregonzoo.org /Cards/BirdsOfPrey/greathornedowl.htm (907 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		Great Horned Owls are among the largest and most aggressive of our North American owls, and they are the top avian predator in a wide range of ecosystems.
		Since the owls do little or nothing to improve their nests, it is quite common for the nest to disintegrate, especially as the young put on weight and begin to move around.
		Since young Great Horned Owls normally spend time on the ground, I have come to the conclusion that they do not need assistance if the parents are in the area and the golf course personnel are willing to keep and eye on the young birds.
	www.awrc.org /gho.htm (818 words)

	Owl Webcam
		The webcam showed nesting Great Horned Owls in a nest that was made by the eagles that have historically nested at Hemlock Lake in western New York.
		Great Horned Owls can make a living where there is a population of small animals and sufficient cover to nest.
		The most notable characteristics of Great Horned Owls are their size, large eyes, tufts resembling ears on their large heads, and silent flight.
	www.newyorkwild.org /owl/owl.htm (737 words)

	Carolina Raptor Center - Raptor Species: Great Horned Owl
		Great horned owls are solitary except during mating season, although mated pairs may occupy territories year-round and long-term.
		Young great horned owls begin branching at 5 weeks, when they are almost the size of their parents.
		Great horned owls tend to select the largest available prey, because smaller prey costs more energy then it benefits in food.
	www.carolinaraptorcenter.org /gh_owl.php (595 words)

	Great Horned Owl - Picture and Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		Smaller birds that spot a resting owl may mob it, drawing attention to its concealed perch.
		Other small animals are thus warned of the powerful talons and formidable 200 cm (80 in) wingspan of the nearby owl.
		A great horned owl keeps its food supply away from competitors (of both the same and different species) by defending a territory.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461517244_761554738_-1_1/Great_Horned_Owl.html (119 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		Great Horned Owls prefer densely forested areas, both deciduous and coniferous, and more open woodlands, especially marshes adjacent to woodlands, parks, rivers or anywhere prey is plentiful.
		Great Horned Owls have a varying diet, preferring medium-sized mammals and birds, such as hares, grouse, duck and small mammals such as mice and voles.
		The Great Horned Owl is the most common owl species occurring in the wild in Salmonier Nature Park, and nests have been recorded nearby.
	www.env.gov.nl.ca /snp/Animals/great_horned_owl.htm (458 words)

	WildWNC.org : Animals : GREAT HORNED OWL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Great Horned Owl is the largest owl found in our area, measuring between 18 and 25 inches in length with a wingspan of more than four feet.
		Great Horned Owls are found throughout much of North America, inhabiting primarily dry, upland hardwood forests.
		Like other owls, the indigestible portions of their prey consisting of bones and fur, are coughed up by the bird in the form of a pellet.
	wildwnc.org /af/greathornedowl.html (720 words)

	The Great Horned Owl
		All great horned owls share several characteristics: sharp beak and talons, large yellow eyes, barring or streaking of feathers on the belly, a white "bib" of feathers in the throat area, and two tufts of feathers that look like horns.
		Since the owl was favored by the goddess, it was respected by the citizens of Athens and appeared on Athenian coins.
		A hooting owl was a messenger of death, destruction and evil.
	www.nucleus.com /~mbak/ghorned.htm (1599 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		The Great Horned Owl is found thoughout the American continent, from Alaska and Northern Canada down to southern most tip of South America, it is not found in the West Indies or Hawaii.
		The Great Horned Owl are usually nocturnal hunters, but are prepared to hunt during the daytime as well, especially during the breeding season and when they are raising their young.
		The Great Horned Owl, known as a "magic maker" was believed to be in contact with the spirit world, only the spiritual leader of the tribe could ask advice of the bird.
	www.pauldfrost.co.uk /gthornedowl.html (1047 words)

	Michigan Wildlife: Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Owl ears are large holes which are covered by special feathers and are located just behind the facial disk feathers on both sides of the head.
		This contributes to the great horned owl's reputation as being a bloodthirsty predator.
		Great horned owls also eat skunks, opossums, raccoons, squirrels, and other animals that also eat the eggs of grouse, pheasants and ducks.
	obsessivegardening.com /michiganwildlife/owl.htm (2121 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		The Great Horned Owl is the largest and best known of the American "eared" owls.
		The genus Bubo (BEW-boh) is from the Latin word meaning "owl" or from the Greek word for "eagle owl" used by the great 1st century Roman naturalist Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus).
		Great horned owls are related to the eagle owl of Eurasia.
	www.bird-friends.com /BirdPage.php?name=Great+Horned+Owl (181 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		At 18 to 25 inches and a wingspan of 4 feet 7 inches, the Great Horned Owl is the second-largest North American owl (the Great Gray Owl is larger at 27 inches).
		The Great Horned Owl is a resident throughout North America south of the tree line.
		Sometimes the Great Horned Owl will lay its eggs in the old nest of a heron or a hawk, but they also build their own nest in a tree, pothole, cliff or river bluff, and sometimes even on the ground.
	aviary.owls.com /horned_owl/horned_owl.html (300 words)

	Tulsa, Oklahoma - Tulsawalk.com, Birds of Prey in Oklahoma, Great Horned Owl
		The Great Horned Owl is the largest of the "tufted" owls in North America.
		This owls face is dominated by the large tufts or "horns", yellow eyes and a white throat patch.
		The Great Horned Owl is known as the most veracious of all raptors as it feeds on a very wide variety of prey.
	www.tulsawalk.com /birding/hrnowl.html (296 words)

	NatureWorks - Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The great horned owl is probably best known for the large tufts of feathers on its head that look like horns.
		The great horned owl lives in woodlands, along cliffs and canyons and at the edge of forests.
		The young owls leave the nest when they are between one and two months old and can fly when they are nine to ten weeks old.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/greathornedowl.htm (313 words)

	Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The large eyes of owls are directed forward, and are encased in a capsule of bone, the sclerotic ring, that allows little eye movement.
		Owls must turn their entire heads to look sideways, facilitated by relatively long and flexible necks that permit the head to be rotated through 270 degrees.
		Many owls have asymmetrical skulls, with the ear openings at different levels; this enables the bird to get a "fix" on the sound made by a prey animal.
	www.hensonrobinsonzoo.org /i001.html (333 words)

	BirdWeb - Bird Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Great Horned Owls are large, powerful owls with prominent ear-tufts, prominent facial disks, and bold yellow eyes.
		Great Horned Owls are early nesters and begin calling in courtship in early winter.
		Great Horned Owls do not build their own nests, but use nests built by hawks, crows, magpies, herons, or other large birds.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=243 (547 words)

	All About Birds
		Found from the Arctic tundra to the tropical rainforest, from the desert to suburban backyards, the Great Horned Owl is one of the most widespread and common owls in North America.
		The Great Horned Owl is a regular victim of harassment from flocks of American Crows.
		Even though the female Great Horned Owl is larger than her mate, the male has a deeper voice.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great_Horned_Owl.html (203 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		There are nine other species of owls that are known from Kansas, ranging in size from the tiny Northern Saw-whet Owl to the Snowy Owl, which is slightly larger than the Great Horned Owl.
		The food of Great Horned Owls is primarily large rodents and rabbits, but they can take prey as large as skunks.
		Owl pellets may be found by looking on the ground underneath favorite roosting spots.
	www.gpnc.org /great.htm (802 words)

	Great Horned Owl Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Great Horned Owl is the largest owl in North America.
		The feathers of the Horned Owl are gray to brown to buff to fl.
		Owls are stealth hunters; they can easily sneak up on their prey since their fluffy feathers give them almost silent flight.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/birds/printouts/Hornedowlprintout.shtml (351 words)

	Mather Field Vernal Pools - Great Horned Owl
		The Great Horned Owl is a bulky bird, with a dark brown body and a white throat.
		The Great Horned Owl has no major predators; it is at the top of the food web.
		To protect the owls from this, the federal government has made it illegal to harm Great Horned Owls.
	www.sacsplash.org /critters/GHOwl.htm (522 words)

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