. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. SILENT-WINGED OWLS OF NORTH A^IERICA 229. © National Geographic Sociuty MUCH OF THEIR FORAGING IS DONE IN DAYLIGHT Because true night is shortened or absent in the northern summer range of the great gray rtonf and the snowy owl, they must perforce hunt for hares, mice, and birds during dayhght. BothVr"Lownas winter residents m northern Umted States. Foohsh crows have been seen mobbin- the supposedly sun-blinded snowy owl, only to meet swift deadr m a rush ot sdent wings and unerr g claws. The comparatively rare great gray,
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. SILENT-WINGED OWLS OF NORTH A^IERICA 229. © National Geographic Sociuty MUCH OF THEIR FORAGING IS DONE IN DAYLIGHT Because true night is shortened or absent in the northern summer range of the great gray rtonf and the snowy owl, they must perforce hunt for hares, mice, and birds during dayhght. BothVr"Lownas winter residents m northern Umted States. Foohsh crows have been seen mobbin- the supposedly sun-blinded snowy owl, only to meet swift deadr m a rush ot sdent wings and unerr g claws. The comparatively rare great gray, clothed in Huffy feathers, measures the largest of North American owls, though less powerful than its snowy Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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