What captured my fancy was its face. ... Some owls have complete facial discs that form a nearly full circle around the eyes and bill (barn owl, great grey owl).

The Great Grey - the largest species of owl in the world - swooped down and landed just inches from Anaïs Trépanier's face as she stood poised in Cote-de-Beaupre near Quebec, Canada.

Mama Great Gray Owl Protecting Babies in Hollow Tree Trunk Is Giving People the Feels. Diana Logan. ... with a dappled gray coat of feathers and a “surprised” expression on their face.

'A satellite dish of feathers' is how one British safari park describes the large disk-shaped face of a Great Grey Owl. All Sections. News you can trust since 1754. Sign In. Support Us.

Scurrying across a snow-covered field, the tiny meadow vole made hardly a sound. But the Great Grey Owl heard it anyway - and swooped. The huge bird's flat face acts like a radar dish, directing ...

There was an unconfirmed report of a great gray owl seen near the dam on Dodge Pond in Lyman on Nov. 25. It was included in the New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Dec. 4. The great gray ...

KRAKER: Then they saw the huge, round face and Rice knew it was a great gray. At about two feet, they're North America's tallest owl with a 5-foot wingspan. RICE: It was unbelievable.

The great gray owl likely has a clever strategy for zeroing in on small rodents during the winter, a new study says. A female great gray owl swoops down onto the snow in Finland.

With ore docks in the background, photographers work to capture images of a great grey owl near the Two Harbors Lighthouse on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Two Harbors, Minn. (Derek Montgomery / MPR News) ...