Great horned owl at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (50380394156)

Description:

Description: Great horned owls are typically birds of the night. They are designed for stealth mode hunting in the dark, so we don't see them out during the day very often. When caught out in the open during the day, harriers, kestrels, prairie falcons, and even blackbirds will often harass them mercilessly, repeatedly dive bombing them until they return to cover in the cottonwoods. This one was taking its chances by hunting during the day along an irrigation ditch, possibly looking and listening for meadow voles. Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Date: 19 September 2020, 11:07. Source: Great horned owl at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.