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	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 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus, is a very large owl.
		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.
		By tilting or turning their head until the sound is the same in each ear the owl can pinpoint both the direction and precise distance to the source of a sound.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Horned_Owl (344 words)

	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/othrdata/owls/bubovirg.htm (313 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 (712 words)

	Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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)

	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 (1487 words)

	Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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.btinternet.co.uk /gthornedowl.html (1047 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)

	WildWNC.org : Animals : GREAT HORNED OWL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although they are classified as raptors, owls are very different from many other birds of prey in their anatomy, feather structure, and hunting techniques.
		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.
		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)

	Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Great horned owls are the largest owls in North America and range between 18 to 25 inches long, females larger (Johnsgard 1988).
		Since the great horned owl, as most birds, have little to no sense of smell, the skunk is relatively defenseless against them.
		Several owls, including the great horned owl, have been observed to sit on their frozen prey until it softens up enough to eat.
	home.sou.edu /~rible/wildlife/ghornowl.htm (614 words)

	Great Horned Owls Owls
		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 is a large owl named primarily for the tufts of feathers on its head.
		The great horned owl is noted for its large size and ear tufts or horns.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/owls_horned.htm (525 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.
		Of the 18 owls native to North America, the great horned owl is second in overall size only to the snowy owl.
	www.hoglezoo.org /animals/view.php?id=122 (685 words)

	horned owl -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		With their camouflage, immobile daytime stance, and silent flight, owls may be as difficult for each other to see as for natural enemies and human observers.
		The horned sea snake is distinguished from all other sea snakes by the upright pointy scales around its eyes, which look like small horns.
		Desert horned vipers are common in sandy deserts of Northern Africa and Western Asia.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9041082?tocId=9041082 (854 words)

	Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I say she because the calls of male owls are more drawn out and usually consist of six notes rather than the five I was hearing.
		Horned owls aren't much at home construction so she will probably use an old red-tailed hawk's nest.
		If they still want to, that is. Skunks are regular menu items for horned owls and their nests usually retain a hearty measure of their odor.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~insrisg/nature/nw99/hornedowl.html (634 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		It is distinguished from the Long-eared owl by its size, bulky shape and white throat.
		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)

	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)

	Tulsa, Oklahoma - Tulsawalk.com, Birds of Prey in Oklahoma, Great Horned Owl
		This owls face is dominated by the large tufts or "horns", yellow eyes and a white throat patch.
		The Great Horned Owl is a very adaptable bird and is found in a variety of habitats.
		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)

	Great Horned Owl
		The Great Horned Owl is also known to be a very protective parent, guarding the young until they mature fully and can leave the family.
		Great Horned Owl: Owls as a group eat their prey whole and regurgitate the unwanted parts such as feathers and bones.
		Great Horned Owl: Similar to this owl is the Long-Eared Owl, which is smaller and slimmer, has a darker throat and has tufts set closer to the middle of head.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/7/_/Great_Horned_Owl.aspx (971 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		Most great horned owls are brown and white which helps when hiding in trees and branches.
		One of the most identifying characteristics of the great horned owl is its ear tufts which are actually feathers that come to a point on the top of its head and look like horns.
		When the owls tried to lay their eggs the shells were weak because of the chemical, so when the mother sat on the eggs they would break.
	lsb.syr.edu /projects/cyberzoo/greathornedowl.html (439 words)

	Great Horned Owl: WhoZoo
		After hatching the young owls often spend 10 days to 2 weeks on the nest protected by their parents until they are capable of fight.
		The sound of the hoot of the male owl is deep while the sound of the female is at a higher pitch.
		Great Horned Owls prefers to sit in a tall post or tree at the edge of a field or forest to listen and watch for their prey.
	whozoo.org /Intro2001/verlcole/VBC_GreatHornedOwl.html (450 words)

	NatureWorks - Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The great horned owl lives in woodlands, along cliffs and canyons and at the edge of forests.
		January and early February is mating time for the great horned owl.
		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)

	The Great Horned Owl
		Great Horned Owls are so bold many are injured or killed attacking prey.
		For the Great Horned Owl, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommends a square platform 24 inches on each side (same as for the Red-tailed Hawk.) Mount 14' or higher on a sturdy post or structure on a forest edge or in a clearing adjacent to the tree line.
		Considering how well the Great Horned Owl has thrived, even in hard times when prey is scarce and other species are struggling, it needs little assistance.
	www.50birds.com /BPGreatHornedOwl.htm (482 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 grip of the Great Horned Owl is believed to be more powerful than any other North American bird of prey.
		Owl pellets may be found by looking on the ground underneath favorite roosting spots.
	www.gpnc.org /great.htm (802 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		- This owl is resident throughout all of North America in forests, woodlands, thickets, chapparal, streamsides, open country, deserts, canyons, cliffs and even city parks.
		They lay their 2-3 white eggs on a bare surface of a cliff, cave or on the ground; in the East they will use the uninhabited nests of the heron, hawk or crow.
		This is the largest and best known of the common owl.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/birds/horned.htm (130 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The considerable fluctuation from year to year in numbers during late fall and winter may be brought about by irregular visitations by members of the same species from farther north wandering in search of food.
		A Great Horned Owl taken on 15 March 1935 near Wolfville had numerous porcupine quills protruding from its face.
		The usual call of this owl is a series of four or five low-pitched hoo notes.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0211.htm (770 words)

	North American Owl Identification Guide
		FIELD MARKS: A large owl, hard to mistake, Tufts appear to sit wide on the head.
		SIMILAR SPECIES: Long-eared owls are smaller and slimmer, with tufts set closer to the middle of head.
		Snowshoe hares and skunks are generally the largest mammals taken.
	www.owlinstitute.org /owls/greathorned.html (176 words)

	Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Great-Horned Owls also eat skunks, which are sometimes such a prominent part of the diet that both bird and nest may smell of musk.
		In late fall and early winter, the low muffled hooting of a Great Horned Owl may carry great distances, signaling that males are beginning to occupy breeding territories.
		Great Horned Owls in North America reach their highest population densities in eastern Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and southern Saskatchewan, where grassland meets forest.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/GRHOWL (676 words)

	THE GREAT HORNED OWL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Great Horned Owl is at the ____________ of the food chain because nothing eats the Great Horned Owl.
		An extension/exploration activity is to click on other types of owls to contrast their appearances and sounds to those of the Great Horned Owl.
		Owl waits in the nest for her mother to return.
	mamba.bio.uci.edu /~pjbryant/biodiv/Teachers/GreatHornedOwl.htm (3222 words)

	Horned owl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The horned owls are the genus (Bubo) of 17 species of typical owls which are found in many parts of the world.
		South American Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus nacurutu)
		DNA studies suggest that four fishing owls previously in the genus Ketupa, and the Snowy Owl, genus Nyctea are specialised horned owls and should be moved to Bubo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Horned_owl (84 words)

	Adopt-a-Bird - Great Horned Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Great Horned Owls can also be seen in a wide variety of forests, thickets, scrub, plains, canyons, cliffsides, river bottoms and deserts.
		Rather than building their own nests, Great Horned Owls commonly use old hawk, heron or crow nests and have even been known to pirate Bald Eagle nests.
		The voice of this owl is one of its outstanding traits, indeed classifying it as a hoot owl.
	www.adoptabird.org /gho.html (274 words)

	Owls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hoo We Are OWLS was established in 1988 in response to a need for a facility where all species of injured, sick, and orphaned native wild animals could be cared for in a compassionate and...
		Owls are birds of prey that actively feed and hunt throughout the night and during twilight hours.
		The Owl Research Institute located in western Montana was founded in1988to research the natural history of owls and their habitats.
	www.canada.christfamilies.com /display1.asp?category=Wildlife&item=Owls (3389 words)

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