Great Grey Owls
Manitoba’s provincial bird is called the great grey owl, but they also live in other parts of North America, Europe, and Asia.
It is the biggest owl in North America.
It is around 2 feet tall and has a wingspan of 1.5 metres (or 5 feet).
They have long tails, fluffy feathers, and
yellow eyes and beaks.
They are sometimes also called the sooty owl, the bearded owl, or the phantom of the north.
Instead of building their own nests, great grey owl’s find nests made by other large bird’s and use those, or sometimes they will use a hole or broken spot in a tree.
They usually lay around four eggs at a time
that are a little smaller thana chicken’s egg.
Baby owl’s are called owlet’s.
Three to four weeks after the owlet’s hatch, they jump or fall from the nest and have to
climb back up the tree, but another week or two after that, they already know how to fly.
Great grey owl’s are good hunters.
They eat small animal’s
like mice and vole’s.
They can see and hear them in the snow for a long way away, and they can grab them
from under the snow with their claws.
It has big eyes.
Baby owls weigh about 35 grams.
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