Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) - a photo on Flickriver

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One from February last year.

Quebec, somewhere West of Montreal. 

A beautiful young lady, very well behaved, it was about -10C and a snow storm!

She is a very large owl, documented as the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere, and it is the only species in the Strix (genus) found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres. In some areas it is also called Phantom of the North, cinereous owl, spectral owl, Lapland owl, spruce owl, bearded owl, and sooty owl.

In terms of length, the great grey owl is believed to exceed the Eurasian eagle-owl and the Blakiston's fish owl as the world's largest owl. The great grey is outweighed by those two species as well as several others, including most of the Bubo genus. Much of its size is deceptive, since this species' fluffy feathers, large head and the longest tail of any extant owl obscure a body lighter than that of most other large owls.

Strix is a genus of about 20 species of owls, in the typical owl family, Strigidae.

Wikipedia.

Taken in: Canada / Québec / Coteau-du-Lac (show map)

Taken on: February 7, 2017

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Sets appears in: • Quebec Winter 2017

Groups appears in: • The Birds Of Flickr

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/6.3, 1/4000 sec, 500mm, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	1/4000 sec
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.12 (Windows)
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