Great Grey Owl

General information

The Great Grey Owl is a strikingly beautiful bird with silvery grey feathers all over with fine white and dark barring. This owl stands tall and looks to be very large, yet they are deceiving as their intimidating size is mostly due to an extremely thick layer of feathers.

With the largest facial disc of any owl, this tends to make its bright yellow eyes look small. This extra large facial disc directs sound to the feather covered ear-openings giving the owl super-sensitive hearing to locate prey. Like all owls it has soft feathers on the front edge of its wings to allow the silent flight necessary in hunting.