The great horned owl won 33.2 per cent of the votes in a contest started in early May by the District of Saanich and the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary.

A great horned owl was able to survive an encounter with a barbed wire fence in Fulshear, Texas, thanks to a local constable.

The great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America.

A great horned owl was able to survive an encounter with a barbed wire fence in Fulshear, Texas, thanks to a local constable.

Photos: Encounter with great gray owl The raptors are a somewhat common sight in the Northland this year due to a food shortage in their usual habitat.

Often called the Phantom of the North, the great grey owl ("Strix nebulosa") has been seen in Coquitlam over the past month.

Often called the Phantom of the North, the great grey owl ("Strix nebulosa") has been seen in Coquitlam over the past month.

Feb. 9—I've been searching for a northern pygmy-owl for the past few winters now, and honestly, I was starting to lose hope. Permanent residents here in this corner of Northwest Montana, they ...

In a single day last week, VanRossum saw great gray owls hunting, a northern hawk owl, and a small boreal owl. That last one is difficult to see because it’s so small and typically feeds at night.

A northern hawk owl sighting in Okotoks has generated a great deal of interest among those in the birding community. Northern hawk owls are typically found in the boreal forest, far away from ...