horned owl
Britishnoun
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The great horned owl is considered the largest owl in North America, according to the Santa Barbara Audubon Society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
Some people have suggested a possible match with Geraldine, a female great horned owl, a related species, who had established residence in the park by the time Flaco showed up.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
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
Smithsonian interns Tim Baerwald and Zachary Bordner snared the merlin at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore with help from its natural enemy: a great horned owl.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 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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