🦉 Great horned owl report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the great horned owl page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the great horned owl
Bubo virginianus · Grades 1–2
| Length | 18 to 25 in (46 to 63 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 2.2 to 3.8 lb (998 g to 1.7 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 13 to 15 years |
Read about it
The great horned owl has two tufts of feathers that look like horns. It hunts at night with big, round eyes. It says hoo-hoo in a deep voice.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Bryce Canyon, nps.gov/brca/learn/nature/owls.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Golden Spike, nps.gov/gosp/learn/nature/birds.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the great horned owl
Bubo virginianus · Grades 3–4
| Length | 18 to 25 in (46 to 63 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 2.2 to 3.8 lb (998 g to 1.7 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 13 to 15 years |
Read about it
The "horns" of a great horned owl are only tufts of feathers, not real horns. Its eyes cannot move in their sockets, so it turns its whole head to look around. Soft feathers on its wings help it fly almost without a sound.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Bryce Canyon, nps.gov/brca/learn/nature/owls.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Golden Spike, nps.gov/gosp/learn/nature/birds.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the great horned owl
Bubo virginianus · Grades 5–6
| Length | 18 to 25 in (46 to 63 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 2.2 to 3.8 lb (998 g to 1.7 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 13 to 15 years |
Read about it
Great horned owls live across much of the Americas, from forests and deserts to city parks, and they hunt mostly at night. They eat many kinds of animals, from mice and rabbits to birds and even skunks. An owl cannot roll its tube-shaped eyes, but its neck is so bendy that it can turn its head most of the way around. After a meal, it coughs up a neat pellet of the fur and bones it could not digest.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Bryce Canyon, nps.gov/brca/learn/nature/owls.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Golden Spike, nps.gov/gosp/learn/nature/birds.htm, checked 2026-10-30