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  2. Great horned owl - Wikipedia

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    The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air") [3] or the hoot owl, [4] is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extremely adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas. [5]

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    The great horned owl will appropriate a nest previously occupied by a great blue heron or by a hawk. A screech owl depends upon natural tree cavities in large trees. Other small owls will avail ...

  4. List of birds of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Great horned owl. Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae. Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Eight species have been recorded in Virginia. Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio

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    The second-heaviest owl species in America after snowy owls, great horned owls are known for their hunting skills, big yellow eyes, deep hoots and the feather tufts on their heads.

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    The male owl is named for Gen. Joshua Howell, after the namesake of Ft. Howell on Hilton Head. ... Once full-grown, great horned owls’ inborn anatomy makes them exceptional hunters — with ...

  7. List of birds of Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Great horned owl. Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae. Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Eleven species have been recorded in Connecticut. Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio

  8. Horned owl - Wikipedia

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    Detail of an eye of an eagle-owl. The genus Bubo was introduced in 1805 by the French zoologist André Duméril for the horned owls. [2] The type species is the Eurasian eagle-owl. [3] The word bubo is Latin for the Eurasian eagle owl and was used as the specific epithet for the species by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [4]

  9. Sad ending for great-horned owl nest in flower pot in West Bend

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    A female great-horned owl flies above its nest on the balcony of John and Christine Moczynski of West Bend. The bird, named River by the Moczynskis, abandoned the nest in mid-April after laying ...