Great Gray Owl
Strix nebulosa
Synopsis: Nests in larger conifers in lower montane forests mostly east of the Cascade crest. Peculiar is an individual observed in June in the central Coast Range.

Habitat Associations:
strongest
Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest (42 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-dominant Mixed Conifer Forest (14509 acres)
strong
True Fir-Hemlock Montane Forest (55841 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (59442 acres)
some
Douglas Fir-W. Hemlock-W. Red Cedar Forest (357650 acres)
lesser
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (1178 acres)

Relative Detectability: Difficult to detect due to nocturnal habits. However, the range map is more complete than for some other owl species due to focused efforts by government agencies to survey this species during the atlas project period.

Challenge: Refine knowledge of distribution of this species in the Siskiyous, the north Cascades, and foothills of the western Cascades.