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- Usually hunts by listening and watching from a perch, swooping down when it locates prey; sometimes hunts by flying low over open areas. Can locate prey by sound, and will plunge into snow to catch rodents more than a foot below the surface.
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The Great Grey is most active at night but during the breeding season is seen during the day. It can be very aggressive near the nest and will even attack and injure human intruders. The owl normally hunts from a perch and is known to be able to detect its prey, even under a thick layer of snow, up to 50cm, by hearing alone.
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Nov 23, 2022 · How do Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa) capture voles (Cricetidae) through a layer of snow? As snow is a visual barrier, the owls locate voles by ear alone.
The secret to the great grey owl's hunting success is its enormous facial disk, which channels sounds like a radar dish.
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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.
Jan 4, 2024 · Perhaps no species of owl is as superbly adapted for hunting in snow as the Great Gray. Found throughout the boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere, Great Gray Owls dine primarily on small mouselike rodents called voles.
Nov 22, 2022 · Great gray owls can find and capture voles hidden beneath almost two feet of snow, punching through hardened crusts with their legs to snag a meal. Now researchers have uncovered hints of how...
Generally favors country with mix of dense forest for nesting and roosting, and open areas for hunting. In the north, mostly around bogs, clearings, and burns in extensive coniferous woods; in the west, mostly around meadows in mountain forest.
