snapped the images using a Pentax K3 III DSLR with a 55–300 mm lens. Often called the Phantom of the North, the spruce owl or the bearded owl, the great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) is the world's ...

Don’t miss these outstanding pictures of owls ... In addition to the great gray owl, you can spot the odd, long-tailed northern hawk owl, and also the diminutive boreal owl.

I immediately thought “rare bird” as I drove past the pair and sure enough, sitting peacefully perched at the top of a dead ...

My first northern pygmy-owl sighting ... I struggled my way back up to the pinnacle and shot several photos of the owl. Later on, when I went to look at the photos, I realized I had not adjusted ...