Inhabits deciduous and mixed woods, wooden ravines, caves, and cliffs. The most powerful and aggressive of North American owls, the great horned owl dominates the wildlife community in which it lives. This highly adaptable species is equally at home in deep forest, open country, or in city parks and golf courses, where rats, mice, squirrels and chipmunks are its main prey, although it can take animals up to the size of a skunk. The Great Horned Owl Great Horned Owls range from 18-25 inches in height. They have a wing span of 35-55 inches.
Females are usually larger than the males.
They are the heaviest and most powerful American owl, and second in size only to the rare Great Grey Owl. It's around midnight in a Northeast Florida mixed forest. Everything is dark except for the light of the full moon. Rebop the reporter is trying to make her way through the woods to interview a Great Horned Owl. The food of Great Horned Owls is primarily large rodents and rabbits, but they can take prey as large as skunks.