Photos: Encounter with great gray owl The raptors are a somewhat common sight in the Northland this year due to a food shortage in their usual habitat.

Researchers upend the notion that the iconic great gray owl -- known as the phantom of the North -- lives far from cities, towns and other markers of human density.

While sitting on a log watching a great gray owl, I was surprised when it locked on a position just to my right. As it left its perch, I got a picture of it flying toward me, but as it got closer ...

A great grey owl was captured by a Port Coquitlam photographer on the eastern side of Coquitlam this month. Philip Warburton said the bird isn’t usually seen in the region, but it may have shown up ...

Port Coquitlam photographer Philip Warburton said great grey owls aren't usually seen in the Tri-Cities, but are likely in the region due to the cold snap.

A great gray owl hunts from the top of a spruce tree along Minnesota Highway 61 on Saturday in Two Harbors. The great gray owl is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length.

Now meet some superb owls There are over 250 owl species, and we’d like to introduce you to some of our favorites. The great gray owl shuns traditional hooting in favor of a low-pitched hooing.

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The common misspelling of Super Bowl has created quite a stir on the internet over the years, with people purposefully posting owl photos around the Super Bowl and hosting owl events.

“What an Owl Knows,” by Jennifer Ackerman, is peppered with fascinating facts, photos and superlatives.

Often called the Phantom of the North, the great grey owl ("Strix nebulosa") has been seen in Coquitlam over the past month.

Now meet some superb owls There are over 250 owl species, and we’d like to introduce you to some of our favorites. The great gray owl shuns traditional hooting in favor of a low-pitched hooing.