The Boston Globe
01 January, 1996
Having spotted a mouse from its perch in a tree, a great gray owl sweeps down on a snow-covered field. South of the Canadian border several decades may pass between sightings of these owls, whose distinctive facial disk, large size and wingspan of up to 1.5m make them easy to recognize.
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