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PHOTO: Great Horned Owl Comes for Nightly Visit

Every evening, a Great Horned Owl visits this photographer's house on Farallon Avenue in Pacifica.

A Great Horned Owl that visits my house every evening is also know as a Coastal Great Horned Owl.  

Great Horned Owls are know to be harbingers of change and new beginnings, a predator that hunts from dusk to dawn and does not make a sound while flying. 

They are found in North America and the one pictured here is called a Coastal Great Horned Owl.

The Great Horned Owl has a special relevance to Pacifica because its counterpart is the Red Tailed Hawk. They have a ying and yang element and share the same hunting grounds but never see each other.  The owl represents the moon and the hawk the sun.

Owls hunt from dusk to dawn when the hawk is sleeping and the hawk hunts from day to night when the owl is sleeping.

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Angus October 3, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Great story and photo! Thanks!
Donna Fentanes October 3, 2012 at 02:39 pm
I saw him a couple of weeks ago on Edna. He is beautiful and very large. Thank you for the pic.
Edward sawacki October 3, 2012 at 10:29 pm
I am on Farallon and it must be the same Owl! If you hear one of your Neighbors Hooting like an Owl it's me .... LoL
Diana Riggio October 4, 2012 at 10:18 am
I have spotted two of these owls in our yard during the day on Farallon Ave. They are majestic!
Cid October 7, 2012 at 12:48 pm
I hope they catch and eat rodents!
2elevens October 7, 2012 at 03:51 pm
One sits on our chimney on some evenings. We can hear his "hoot" down and into out living room.
Elizabeth Morrison February 26, 2013 at 02:15 pm
I heard two owls last night calling to each other as I walked on Farallon. I would love to see them! It was too dark last night even with the almost full moon.

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