Great Gray Owl

After some searching I am surprised to say this appears to be the first wild Great Gray photo on Zoochat! (And yes I checked grey as well )
Though given the elusive nature of these owls it seems not very many members have seen a wild Great Gray, evidenced by multiple mentions of them under "What is your Wild Nemesis Species" and "Species you would most like to see."

@Great Argus

Congrats!

Unfortunately you seem to be second.

Great grey owl - ZooChat

Still the first Strix nebulosa nebulosa though

@Platypusboy Interesting, I did a couple different searches and I didn't see that one! Must have missed it somehow. That's what comes of making such statements.
If I say it's the only one of the American subspecies perhaps another one will pop up!

I doubt that there is a third one out there. But @Mr Gharial is right that at least it’s the first strix nebulosa nebulosa

@Great Argus I saw a wild Great Gray Owl at Sax-Zim Bog in northern Minnesota. They're quite the impressive birds, aren't they? I didn't get any photos this good though, when I saw mine the sun had almost set so the lighting was really bad.

I still refuse to believe they exist. They're a conspiracy, and you're in on it!

Imagine seeing owls in the wild. . . .

@CheeseChameleon1945 I literally saw a Hawk owl two weeks ago, my first ever owl in the wild and it was probably the best coolest animal encounter I've ever had!