Wildlife Tree
The Great Horned Owl roosting in an Eastern White Pine in Lynnfield’s Beaverdam Brook Conservation Area 2009. The Great Horned Owl is the most common owl of the Americas, easily recognizable because of the feather tufts on its head resembling horns and large yellow eyes. The birds nest in tree holes, stumps, caves or in abandoned nests of other large birds. Great horned owls are largely nocturnal, but as you can see from the photo, this “tiger of the forest” uses the white pine for nesting, but also to hide in secrecy against its bark where he can more easily surprise his next meal!
Photo by Bob Senk |
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