Great Gray Owls << Back to Feature Page View exclusive photographs and get the facts behind the frame. Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> No Jacket Required Photograph by Daniel J. Cox With grown-up feathers fast replacing newborn fluff, a young chick easily weathers a spring snowstorm in Montana's Bridger Mountains. Great gray owls' plumage insulates them so effectively that keeping cool in summer presents more of a challenge than keeping warm in winter.

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