Great horned owl Oct 29, 2024

Great horned owl

The Halloween season is upon us, so let"s meet one of the holiday"s icons: the great horned owl. With its keen vision, eerie vocalisations and silent flight, this owl has historically been revered and feared. In folklore and mythology, owls were considered symbols of wisdom and omens of death. On Samhain, the Celtic precursor to Halloween, the owl was believed to be the kin of roaming spirits.

© Mark Newman/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Oct 29, 2023Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Oct 29, 2025Ancient til trees in Fanal Forest, Madeira, Portugal

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Nov 7, 2025Polar bear in Canada
Oct 17, 2025Rock River Falls, Michigan
Jan 9, 2025Sossusvlei sand dunes, Namib desert, Namibia
Sep 30, 2025Koala, Australia
Nov 12, 2024Arches National Park, Utah, United States
Feb 29, 2024Eurasian red squirrel
Feb 22, 2025Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Oct 14, 2024Coco Beach, Goa, India
Oct 6, 2024Coyote Gulch, Glen Canyon Recreation Area, Utah
Oct 18, 2025Silbury Hill, Wiltshire, England
Oct 13, 2025Waterfall at Wimbachklamm Gorge, Bavaria, Germany
Mar 7, 2025Plum blossoms, China
Dec 22, 2024Crystal Pier, San Diego, California, United States
Sep 2, 2023Allens hummingbird
May 18, 2025Pont St-Pierre across the Garonne River, Toulouse, France
Nov 23, 2024Spiral aloe, Kangaroo Island, Australia
May 27, 2024Baia del Silenzio in Sestri Levante, Italy
Oct 11, 2023The Painted Hills, Oregon, USA
Jan 28, 2024Channel Country, Australia
Jun 11, 2024A group of Southern gemsbok in the savannah, Botswana, USA
May 31, 2024Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
Oct 29, 2023Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Jan 31, 2024Burchells zebras
Mar 6, 2026The Wave, Vejle, Denmark
Jun 23, 2024Dhaka, Bangladesh
Apr 24, 2024White trilliums in Ontario, Canada
Jan 25, 2026Burns National Heritage Park, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mar 1, 2024Butterflies in a meadow, Germany
Oct 3, 2024Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Apr 5, 2025Gaztelugatxe islet at sunset, Basque Country, Spain