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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Celebrating World Art Day
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‘The mountains are calling’
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Frozen beauty
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White trilliums blooming in Ontario, Canada
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Angkor, Cambodia
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Perseid meteor shower over Oregon
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Art over Amalfi
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Tolkien Reading Day
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Black grouses lekking
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Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
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European Day of Parks
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
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International Zebra Day
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Loud waters
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Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
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Birthplace of Roman emperors
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Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
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A river runs through it
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Travels to the Oregon deep
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An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
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It s a ruff life
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Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
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Honoring those who served
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Traditional red fishermens cabins, Reine, Norway
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Work out on your way to work
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An enduring vision
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Spiegelgracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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It s harvest time on World Food Day
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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