Great Horned Owl by John James Audubon

An archival premium Quality art Print of the Great Horned Owl by John James Audubon for sale by Brandywine General Store. The artwork features a male and female pair of very alert owls setting in the branch of a dead tree. The great horned owls are also known as the Tiger Owl and they are the 2nd largest owls that are native to North America. Mr. Audubon drew these majestic birds for his ornithology book, The Birds of America which was published in the first half of the 19th century. These large birds were plate or picture number 61 in the first Havell Edition. Strix Virginiana - He describes these birds thus It is during the placid serenity of a beautiful summer night, when the current of the waters moves silently along, reflecting from its smooth surface the silver radiance of the moon, and when all else of animated nature seems sunk in repose, that the Great Horned Owl, one of the Nimrods of the feathered tribes of our forests, may be seen sailing silently and yet rapidly on, intent