The great horned owl is the most common owl of the Americas, easily recognizable because of the feather tufts on its head. These “plumicorns” resemble horns or, to some, catlike ears.
As the organization explained in their Instagram post, the Great Horned Owl was found covered in muck by Rio Alto Water ...
Approaching Gring’s Mill, Janet saw something in the water. Jim focused his binoculars on a great horned owl face down, dead, in the creek. “At first we thought bird flu,” Jim said ...
Shasta Wildlife Rescue cared for, and released, a great horned owl after a wastewater worker waded through poop to rescue him ...
That was the case at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia last weekend, when staff from the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center released a great horned owl that had been in their care.
The rescue began when troopers noticed the owl during a response to a bicyclist near mile marker 60. Concerned for the bird’s safety, they contacted wildlife authorities and a local rehabilitator.
November, bird was down and unable to fly, rescued by a park ranger, treated for multiple fractures at Blue Ridge Wildlife ...