Great grey owls are the longest owl species, measuring 24 to 33 inches in length. Females are slightly longer than males, measuring 28 inches on average while males measure 26 inches.

A Great Grey Owl on her nest, high in a tree. Ken Shults. She calls out and a male, in a nearby tree, calls back. To the average onlooker, like me, it’s not clear what’s happening.

How Great Grey Owls Hunt Hidden Prey. SHARE. The secret to the great grey owl’s hunting success is its enormous facial disk, which channels sounds like a radar dish. STREAM WITH PASSPORT.

In a Manitoba forest, a great grey owl sits atop a spindly branch. Then, wings outstretched, it descends from its perch, gliding over the blanket of snow. Specially adapted feathers allow it to do ...

Although it has been 70 years since Trautman’s Ohio sighting of a great gray owl, it’s possible that another could appear here. Somewhere along Lake Erie would be most likely.

Often called the Phantom of the North, the great grey owl ("Strix nebulosa") has been seen in Coquitlam over the past month. Janis Cleugh Feb 17, 2025 9:05 AM. Share by Email.

One of the world’s large owls by length, the Great Grey Owl is an enigmatic predator of coniferous forests close to the Arctic tundra. It's most often seen hunting around dawn and dusk, when it ...

A great gray owl perches beside an open meadow near Sunriver, Ore., Friday, March 26, 2021, after being released from the wildlife hospital. The owl struck a residential window, which caused ...

Often called the Phantom of the North, the great grey owl ("Strix nebulosa") has been seen in Coquitlam over the past month. Janis Cleugh Feb 17, 2025 9:05 AM. Share by Email.