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  2. Great horned owl - Wikipedia

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    The great horned owl's eye contains both rods and cones like most species that see in color, but the vision of a great horned owl closely resembles that of many other nocturnal species. The peak wavelengths that are observed by the cones is 555 nm and the research suggests that the great horned owl has relatively weak color vision, especially ...

  3. Ear tuft - Wikipedia

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    Bird ear tufts are skin projections covered in feathers found in some bird species, most notably various species of owl, vaguely resembling mammalian ears, but unrelated to the animal's hearing. Theories about their function range from improved ability to camouflage, [ 2 ] aiding in finding a suitable mate, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] to giving a more ...

  4. Tytonidae - Wikipedia

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    Among the latter, the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), in the Americas, and the Eurasian eagle-owl (B. bubo) are noted predators of barn owls. Despite some sources claiming that there is little evidence of predation by great horned owls, one study from Washington found that 10.9% of the local great horned owl's diet was made up of barn owls.

  5. WATCH: Texas wildflower center’s resident great horned owl ...

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    Athena, the great horned owl and the most famous hoot owl in Texas, has hatched eggs at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin. And it will all be captured live on camera for the 14th year.

  6. Hilton Head’s famous great horned owls are growing ... - AOL

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    Great horned owl Bayley staring into the Raptor CAM and huddled by her owlets, HH5 and HH6, on March 24, 2024. After fledging Tuesday, the siblings made it back to the nest for a long-anticipated ...

  7. List of birds of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    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. Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio; Crested owl, Lophostrix cristata (A) [4] Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus; Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus; Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia (Ex) [5] Barred owl, Strix varia

  8. List of birds of Olympic National Park - Wikipedia

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    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. Western screech-owl, Megascops kennicottii (U) Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus (U) Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus (R) Northern pygmy-owl ...

  9. Nature Center presents new educational great horned owl, cedar

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    Aug. 5—The Jay C. Hormel Nature Center has acquired a new resident education bird — great horned out named Cedar. After the passing of the center's barred owl, Guka, in the winter of 2022, the ...

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