The Great Gray Owl [ Pictures for Easy Identification]

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Introduction

What the Great Gray Owl Looks Like

The Great Gray Owl has overall_color color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has above_color color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has head color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has face color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has below_color color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has undertail color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has back color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has bill color of yellowish.

The Great Gray Owl has wing color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has belly color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has tail color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has chest color of white and grey and brown.

The Great Gray Owl has leg color of brownish.

The Great Gray Owl has neck color of white and grey and brown.

Weight, Length, and Wingspan of the Great Gray Owl

The length of the Great Gray Owl is from 24.0 inches to 33.1 inches (61.0 cm to 84.1 cm).

The weight of the Great Gray Owl is from 24.7 ounces to 60.0 ounces (700.2 grams to 1701.0 grams).

The wingspan of the Great Gray Owl is from 53.9 inches to 60.2 inches (136.9 cm to 152.9 cm).

Pictures of the Great Gray Owl

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Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl by Fyn Kynd, from flickr, licensed under CC
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Great Gray Owl, karahutohukurou (Great Gray Owl) by _temaki_, from flickr, licensed under CC
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Great Gray Owl, Great grey owl by Tambako the Jaguar, from flickr, licensed under CC
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Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl by Fyn Kynd, from flickr, licensed under CC
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Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl – Majestic Gaze by Jim.Richmond, from flickr, licensed under CC
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Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl by Josie P123, from flickr, licensed under CC
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Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl by Wildreturn, from flickr, licensed under CC
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Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl by scorellis, from flickr, licensed under CC
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Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl by Josie P123, from flickr, licensed under CC
juvenile Great Gray Owl
juvenile Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl (juvenile) | Rogue Valley| | 2012-08-19at17-10-26 by Bettina Arrigoni, from flickr, licensed under CC
juvenile Great Gray Owl
juvenile Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl (juvenile) | Rogue Valley| | 2012-08-19at17-10-16 by Bettina Arrigoni, from flickr, licensed under CC
juvenile Great Gray Owl
juvenile Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl – Strix nebulosa by Gregory “Slobirdr“ Smith, from flickr, licensed under CC
juvenile Great Gray Owl
juvenile Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) by Gregory “Slobirdr“ Smith, from flickr, licensed under CC
juvenile Great Gray Owl
juvenile Great Gray Owl, Juvenile Great Gray Owl by CaliforniaDFW, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Great Gray Owl
flight Great Gray Owl, Owl Leaping Towards Prey by Eric Kilby, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Great Gray Owl
flight Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl in Flight by tuchodi, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Great Gray Owl
flight Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl Swooping Down by Eric Kilby, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Great Gray Owl
flight Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl in Flight by tuchodi, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Great Gray Owl
flight Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl – Flight 2 by Jim.Richmond, from flickr, licensed under CC
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flight Great Gray Owl, Great Gray Owl – Flight 3 by Jim.Richmond, from flickr, licensed under CC

Feeding Behavior of the Great Gray Owl

may go on a night or day hunt.

Summertime daylight eating typically occurs around dawn or dark.

swoops down to capture its victim after listening and keeping watch from a perch.

It occasionally hunts by flying low over broad spaces.

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What the Great Gray Owl Likes to Eat

The Great Gray Owl feeds on the following:

  • pocket gophers
  • small mammals (mice, shrews, squirrels, weasels,)
  • small birds
  • frogs.

Where To Find the Great Gray Owl

You can find the Great Gray Owl in the following habitats:

  • Dense conifer forests
  • adjacent meadows
  • bogs
  • burns in extensive coniferous woods