The Halloween season is upon us, so let"s meet one of the holiday"s icons: the great horned owl. With its keen vision, eerie vocalizations, and silent flight, this owl has historically been revered and feared. In folklore and mythology, owls were considered symbols of wisdom and omens of death. On Samhain, the Celtic precursor to Halloween, the owl was believed to be the kin of roaming spirits.
Great horned owl
Today in History
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The National Museum of the American Indian
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Happy birthday, Saguaro National Park
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Wartburg Castle overlooking Thuringian Forest in Germany
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A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
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Snow aglow in central Japan
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It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball
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Find a Rainbow Day
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Happy Mothers Day!
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Alpine marmots at Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria
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Through an artist s eyes
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Black History Month
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Wyoming celebrates its statehood
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Jackie Robinson Day
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Plum blossoms in China
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Boxing Day
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The Blue City of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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Back to the nest
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Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
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Bidding summer adieu
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Thick-billed raven, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
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Riding the bore tide at Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska
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A different view of sharks
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San Gimignano, Siena Tuscany, Italy
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Boating on the Bojo
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Loud waters
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National Mushroom Month
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Kirkjufell, Iceland
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African buffalo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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Pearl of the Adriatic
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Salt of the earth
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