Great Gray Owl

A Visual Natural History

128 pages
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 978-1-68051-335-6
Published: Sep 4, 2020

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The Great Gray Owl--also known as the Phantom of the North, Great, Gray Ghost, and Bearded Owl--is one of the largest owl species and lives in the western mountains and boreal regions of North America.

Award-winning author and photographer Paul Bannick delves into the natural history of this owl species, including the latest research, providing readers with comprehensive yet accessible looks at their preferred habitat, hunting and feeding behavior, mating and nesting actions, owlets and fledglings, and more.

Bannick’s unique and gorgeous owl images are enhanced by additional images of the owls’ habitats and other species that share the Great Gray ecosystems. Throughout each narrative, his time in the field observing and photographing these enigmatic birds comes to life in evocative, experiential passages.

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128 pages
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 978-1-68051-335-6
Published: Sep 4, 2020

Reviews

These two books [Great Gray Owl and Snowy Owl] are must haves for fans of Paul Bannick's photography!
— The Birdbooker Report
Award-winning photographer Paul Bannick of Seattle has compiled two showy coffee-table tombs for owl-lovers and those who want to look at cool photos of owls uninterrupted in nature.
— Outdoors NW
Beautiful... With Snowy Owl and Great Gray Owl, Bannick trains his lens on these magnificent beasts, educating readers in the habitats and habits of, as he calls them, “two of the world’s most charismatic birds.”
— Brangien Davis, Crosscut
Filled with some amazing photographs. But if you’ve seen either of Bannick’s previous books (Owl and The Owl and the Woodpecker), then this is no surprise.
— Grant McCreary, The Birder's Library
Although the two books are most impressive for their outstanding photographs, they incorporate natural history information, first-person accounts of the author’s owling experiences and sections on the birds' conservation statuses and what we can do to help.
— Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News
Bannick's unique and gorgeous full color photographic owl images are enhanced by additional images of the owls' habitats and other species that share the Great Gray ecosystems. Throughout each narrative, his time in the field observing and photographing these enigmatic birds comes to life in evocative, experiential passages.
— Midwest Book Review
Extraordinary, for any bird lovers on anyone’s list.
— Georgiana Blomberg, The Seattle Times
Designed to stir imaginations of all ages.... Bannick takes time out to photograph the owls’ neighbors. Woodland caribou and members of the weasel family inhabit boreal forests with Great Gray Owls.
— Joel Connelly, Post Alley
Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History and its companion book, Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History are exceptional books for all birders’ libraries, and anyone even mildly interested in birds will find the visual effects remarkable.
— The Birding Wire
I have yet to encounter one [a wildlife photographer] who better captures the magic and beauty of the natural world. I was absolutely blown away by his two recent books -- Snowy Owl and Great Gray Owl. No tame, game-farm birds in these spectacular collections or in any of Bannick’s work. He immerses himself in the wild and brings his viewers and readers along with him.
— Ted Williams, wildlife journalist