
Bird:
Great Horned Owl
Scientific
Name:
Bubo virginianus
Physical Characteristics:
Some are mostly brown and some have brown
eyes and yellow eyes. In North America the Great Horned Owl is the
one that makes a hoo-hoo-hoo sound. Most all of them are very large.
They are about 22 inches in length (with females being larger than
males).
Habitat
Description:
The owls habitats are varied ranging from forest to cities to open
desert provided there are shelters such as woods or cliffs nearby,
and mostly in plains to city parks and deserts.
Diet:
They eat cats and other small animals , like skunks and birds but the
large yellow -eyed owl relies primarily on his keen eyesight to
locate his prey which consists of a wide variety of small birds and
mammals.
Report by,:
Stephanie