New York Zoological Society. 
GREAT HORNED OWL (Bubo virginianus). Length: 2 feet. Range: North America. 
The adult great horned owl is tamed with great difficulty. Woodmen are 
aware of its fierce and stealthy prowess and call it “the tiger of the air.” 
American Museum of Natural History. 
GREAT HORNED OWL. Although it 
has been known on occasion to kill 
an eagle, the great horned owl is 
sometimes mobbed by a flock of 
angry little blue jays. 
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