The Birds of British Columbia (Vol. 2, 1990) describes the Great Gray Owl as:
An uncommon resident in the northern interior and rare resident to the southern interior.
Few bird enthusiasts around here have seen one, but today in Kaslo, Lorraine Symmes spotted one and alerted Dirk Pidcock, who took these pictures. He kindly let me post them so some of the rest of us could enjoy this rarity.
Two views of the same Great Gray Owl
Dirk Pidcock’s pictures are used with permission.
So glad these got shared. What a treat. Owls are calling up at Lardeau it must be spring!
Beautiful! There’s been a Great Gray ghost spotted down here in the Lower Mainland this week as well… I’ve not been one of the lucky ones to see it though so it’s nice to see Dirk’s photos.
Here is one of the many many thousands of images that have been taken of this bird.