49 Great Horned Owl

• A group of Great Horned Owls are called a; Bazaar / Glaring / Parliament / Stooping / Wisdom.
• Thanks to Connie Larsen for this good example of a northern subspecies.
• The Great Horned Owl follows Gloger's rule; Species closer to the equator are darker than those found in the north and Bergmann's rule; The colder the climate the larger the species.  So this plays out in distinguishing the subspecies.
• These owls are found in all the Americas. They are the largest in South and Central and second largest to the Snow Owl in the North.
• This owl is an adapt killer eating birds from the size of Kiglets to Blue Harrons.  They are also known to eat any of the other owls.  
• They have very powerful talons.  They eat all sorts of mammals up to the size of porcupines, marmots and skunks.  Some nests have seen up to 57 skunk sculls around them.  Yikes.
• They have binocular vision but their eyes are fixed so they have to turn their heads to see.  Turning up to 270 degrees.  Their right ear is slightly higher than their left so when turning their head they can pinpoint in on their prey.  How cool is that?
• They have already started nesting and the fledglings will stick with mom and dad right up till October.  The young can be heard calling for food.
• The Great Horned Owl has a very distinct call; ho ho hoo hoo hoo. Rarely they will have 4 syllables.  The female is the same but higher pitched.
• The females are somewhat larger then the males.
• Owls eyes are as large as humans.  I like a Glaring of Owls for a group of Great Horned Owls.