Miniature Great Gray Owl Woodcarving

Miniature Great Gray Owl sitting on a listening post in the great northern woods overlooking large snow-covered fields.
The Great Gray Owl is the world’s largest species of owl by length, they can be up to 33” tall.

Massive Bird of Prey, about of the height of the driftwood this carving is sitting on.

They have excellent hearing, their large facial disks, also known as “ruffs”, focus sound, and the asymmetrical placement of their ears assists them in locating prey, they may locate (and then capture) prey moving beneath two feet of snow in a series of tunnels solely with that sense. They then can crash to a snow depth roughly equal to their own body size to grab their prey.
(again about the size of this total carving)