31 Cool Bird Facts #12 - Great Horned Owl

by The Birdfreak Team on October 12, 2008 · 2 comments

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Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) are the only predators that kill and eat skunks.

They will eat American Crows, both adults and young, nestling Ospreys, and even other owls.

Information from The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Great Horned Owl

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Melissa Gold 10.12.08 at 10:46 am

Wow, I didn’t know that. Cool fact indeed!! :)

Lana 10.12.08 at 9:56 pm

Very neat. Owls are so awesome!

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