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The Great Gray Owl is a dapper owl dressed in a gray suit with a bow tie across its neck and a surprised look on its face. In the stillness of a cold mountain meadow, this elusive giant quietly floats on broad wings across meadows and openings in evergreen forests.
Grey Owl. Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (September 18, 1888 – April 13, 1938), commonly known as Grey Owl, was a popular writer, public speaker and conservationist. Born an Englishman, in the latter years of his life he passed as half-Indian, claiming he was the son of a Scottish man and an Apache woman.
24-33" (61-84 cm). W. 5' (1.5 m). Huge size with very fluffy plumage, longish tail, dark rings on face, yellow eyes. Two white neck marks may be conspicuous. Size. About the size of a Heron, About the size of a Mallard or Herring Gull. Color. Black, Gray, White, Yellow. Wing Shape. Broad.
Among the largest in its family, the Great Gray Owl holds the title as North America's longest owl species. This majestic bird's size, coloration, and range have inspired a host of nicknames, including Spectral Owl, Lapland Owl, Spruce Owl, and Sooty Owl. The Great Gray's lightly mottled plumage, speckled with lighter gray, tan, and white ...
<p>The Great Gray Owl is a dapper owl dressed in a gray suit with a bow tie across its neck and a surprised look on its face. In the stillness of a cold mountain meadow, this elusive giant quietly floats on broad wings across meadows and openings in evergreen forests.
The Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) (also Great gray owl in American English) is a very large owl, documented as the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere, and it is the only species in the genus Strix found in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Facts. Distribution. Large, greyish owl with no ear tufts and very large facial disk. Generally greyish-brown with mottled upper-parts and streaked somewhat paler under-parts. The grey facial disk is marked with dark concentric bands with short, white eyebrows and black “beard”. Small, yellow eyes.
