horned owl
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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We were soon greeted by Jack Levenberg, a docent and naturalist, with Sierra, a great horned owl, perched on his gloved hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Then a great horned owl appeared on my screen, again with a red dot.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
As a young kid in Michigan, he’d found an abandoned great horned owl and raised it in his bedroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
There has even been an occasional visit from a great horned owl that’s known to come to the arboretum nest.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
Then I boomed out the song of the great horned owl and stopped.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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