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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Vineyards in the Mosel Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Clark Range, Yosemite National Park, California
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Colorful houses of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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A day to celebrate teachers
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Saint Andrews Day
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Art Basel Miami Beach
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Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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It s Star Wars Day
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Mount Fuji Day
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All is silent for Big Ben’s musical milestone
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Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
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It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
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Frankenstein Friday
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Central Highlands of Vietnam
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Let the holiday shopping commence
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Berlin Festival of Lights
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Apple Tree Day
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3,000 years of history
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Happy Pi Day!
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National Trails Day
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Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
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Oxbow Bend on the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Let s ride! It s Roller Coaster Day
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Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
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Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
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International Sloth Day
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African bush elephants in Namibia
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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