Check out this Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) at the Vancouver Marine Park. Is he looking serene and wise or maybe a bit more skeptical and threatening? The Great Horned owl prey on small furry things, but they’ve also been known to prey on “domestic birds, falcons, and other owls.” Ol’ Bubo here is part of a species of “adaptable birds [that] live from the Arctic to South America. They are at home in suburbia as well as in woods and farmlands. Northern populations migrate in winter, but most live permanently in more temperate climes.” They have a wing span of up to five feet and mate monogamously, with both parents incubating and the male hunting. “The male great horned owl is smaller than the female and has a much lower-pitched call.”
See more photos of NW animal life at explore.org here. and read more about the Great Horned Owl on National Geographic here.
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