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The Great Gray Owl
By Derek

The Great Gray Owl has many physical characteristics. The Great Gray Owl's colors are dark gray with spots of light gray. It is one of the worlds largest owl. Most Great Gray Owls are between 24-33 inches high. The weight of The Great Gray Owl is between 3 or 2 pounds. Their call is a soft low-pitched hoot whooo-ooo-ooo. Their calls last for 6 to 8 second periods. When the owls fear danger they growl, shriek, hoot, wail, and snap their bills. Those are some of the physical characteristics about The Great Gray Owl.

There are many habitats for The Great Gray Owl. The Great Gray Owl lives in far Northern parts of America in the forests. They also live in Canada, Northern Minnesota, Europe or Asia. The nest that the Great Gray Owl builds are made of cut sticks nests which come from nests made by hawks, ravens, or crows. They use other birds nests too. The other areas where The Great Gray Owl builds their nest are in swamps, bogs, and forests. They frequent stunted coniferous forests along the edge of the Arctic tree line. The Great Gray Owl has many interesting facts about its habitat.

The Great Gray Owl hunts and catches its food. They catch its food by diving into the snow to catch small rodents. The Great Gray Owl eats rats, mice, shrews, squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, moles, and weasel. For The Great Gray Owl most of its important food is a vole. Even in the winter it can hear a vole run through tunnels beneath the deep snow. It eats in the late afternoon. That is how The Great Gray Owl hunts and catches its food.

The Great Gray Owl breeds to produce more owls. The Great Gray Owl lays an egg. It takes 28 or 29 days before it hatches. Female Great Gray Owls care for their babies for 28 to 29 days. The Great Gray Owls nesting territories are defended by male Great Gray Owl Those are some facts about The Great Gray Owls breeding.
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