Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)
- HABITAT - Great Grey Owls inhabit a range of forested habitats and are found from Alaska across Canada, down the Northern Rocky Mountains, and northern Minnesota. They are also found in northern Europe and Asia.
- DIET - Great Grey Owl hunts mainly during early morning and late afternoon, but will also hunt during other daylight hours and at night. They are occasionally seen perched on poles or feceposts along roads. When hunting, a Great Grey Owl will use a perch to "sit and wait" or it may hunt through the forest a metre or so above the ground.
- Small rodents are their primary prey with voles being the most important food. Other mammals taken include rats, mice, shrews, squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, moles, and weasels. Birds, reptiles and amphibians are rarely captured.
- FACTS - On a canoe trip, we camped on an island that had a Great Grey Owl nest. The adults and the larger of the two chicks went hunting in the early evening leaving the smaller chick behind. We sat around the campfire as the chick called all night long. Normally we enjoy the owls call, but that night it was a bit much.
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