Webb Garrison: Great Horned Owl

Artist: Webb Garrison
1944 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 11.75 by 12.25 inches
Overall Size: 14 by 15 inches
Medium: Water Color on Hot Press Illustration Board

Its wide yellow eyes and the ear tufts give the Great Horned Owl a cat-like appearance. In fact, in the foggy forests of Newfoundland, lumberjacks call it the "Cat Owl." It is a large bird, measuring nearly two feet long and with a wingspan of four to five feet. So aggressive is this magnificent predator and so powerful are its spring-trip claws that even an eagle cannot stand up to it. It has, indeed, been known to commandeer an eagle's nest for its own use. Its resonant hooting can be heard deep in the forest. The male's voice is hoo-oo, hoo, hoo, while the female's is a lower pitched hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo. The Great Horned Owl ranges throughout North and South America, being absent only on the northern tundra of Canada and Alaska. In the west, it often chooses canyons for nesting, while in the east and south, woodlands are preferred. Nesting occurs just once a year, and its choice is a high tree or cave to raise its young. At nesting time, two Great Horned Owls break their pattern of solitary existence and remain together while the young are in the nest. Parent owls must continuously search for prey to feed the hungry nestlings, who cannot fly for a long twelve weeks after hatching. The adult bird is always alert to the slightest rustle of any small animal in the shadows, and it glides on noiseless wings through the trees before it fearlessly swoops down to make the kill.

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