The Great Grey Owl Research Paper

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HABITAT:
The Great Grey Owl lives in North America. In the harvest of timber it lives in dense boreal and coniferous forest. Often adjoining open areas like bogs, muskegs ,or meadows.
They breed in north america .
DESCRIPTION: According to the website all about birds.org, ‘adult owls look like this they have a flat face with large rounded head and grey face. They have wide yellow eyes with dark circles around them’.The Great Gray Owl’s upper part has dark streaks and under part light steaks. This owl has the biggest facial disk of any other owl. The length ranges from 24 to 33 inches ‘The article states “the wingspan can exceed from 60 inches.’ Their weight ranges from 1.28. to 4.19”. .The great grey is outweighed by those two species

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