Birds

Great Grey Owl

Life expectancy: 11 -18 yrs Weight: 580-1900 g Body size: 61-84 cm Wingspan: +- 152 cm Flight speed: 19 km/h Food: small rodents ( hares, moles, grouse, canada jays, mountain quail, small hawks and ducks.) Fun Facts: Incubation Period: 28-36 days Nestling Period: 26-29 days even though the Great grey owl looks the biggest of . . .

Boreal Owl

Life expectancy: 16 yrs Weight: 93 – 216 g Wingspan: 50 – 62 cm Habits: nocturnal Food: voles, insects, lemmings, shrews, mice, and moles. Occasionally small birds, squirrels, bats, frogs, and beetles. Funt Facts: unsociable when located in the northmost areas of its range, with short nights in the summer, it is forced to extend . . .

Great Horned Owl

Life expectancy: 13 – 29 yrs Weight: 1.2 – 2.5 kg Body size: 43 – 64 cm Wingspan: 91 – 153 cm Flight speed: > 65 km/h Food: anything it can kill and carry (over 500 species identified). Funt Facts: 300 lbs of pressure in the talons breeding from November to January. The female will . . .

Blue Jay

Life expectancy: 7 – 26 yrs Weight: 70 – 100 g Body size: 22 – 30 cm Wingspan: 34 – 43 cm Flight speed: 32 – 40 km/h Food: nuts, fruits, and small invertebrates Funt Facts: very intelligent, being part of the same family as crows and ravens they can mimic the sound of birds . . .