Strigiformes > Strigidae (true owls) > Bubo virginianus

The Great Horned Owl is a large owl with conspicuous fluffy ears. The ears are non-functional.

The feathers of owls are designed to minimize noises by their fluffy outer edges which works as a silencer when the wings cut through the air.

The owls are nocturnal. This individual was dozing off during the day time.

Acorn Woodpecker• American Coot• American Crow• American Robin• American White Ibis• American White Pelican• Audubon's Warbler• Black Phoebe• **Black-Capped Chickadee• Blue Jay• Brewer's Blackbird• Brown Pelican• Bufflehead• Canada Goose• Chestnut-Backed Chickadee• Common Goldeneye• Double-Crested Cormorant• Downy Woodpecker• European Starling• **Fox Sparrow• Golden-Crowned Sparrow• Graylag Goose• Great Blue Heron• Great Egret• **Great Horned Owl• Herring Gull• House Sparrow• Killdeer• Lesser Goldfinch• Lincoln's Sparrow• Mallard• Mourning Dove• Oak Titmouse• Pied-Billed Grebe• Purple Finch• Red-Breasted Nuthatch• Red-Winged Blackbird• Ring-Billed Gull• Ringed Plover• Ruby-Crowned Kinglet• Sanderling• Semipalmated Sandpiper• Sharp-Shinned Hawk• Song Sparrow• Spotted Towhee• Steller's Jay• Trumpeter Swan• Tufted Titmouse• **Turkey Vulture• **Western Grebe• Western Gull• Western Meadowlark• Western Scrub Jay• White-Breasted Nuthatch• White-Crowned Sparrow• Wild Turkey• Willet

Back to Top