This stunning series of photographs offer a bird 's eye view of the moment a great grey owl swooped on a tiny field mouse . The bird , which has a five-foot wingspan , stalked the rodent from snowy treetops in Ontario , Canada , before launching its attack . Its eyes never straying from its prey , it made a somewhat inelegant landing in the snow before scooping up the mouse with its claws . The great grey owl is a deadly predator , its hunting skills aided by its superior sense of hearing . Its soft feathers allow the bird to glide unheard , taking its prey by surprise . Photographer Marc Latremouille captured this particular encounter during one of his photography workshops . Scroll down for video . This is the moment a great grey owl swooped on a tiny rodent snowy fields in Ontario , Canada , after stalking it from high above . The predatory bird has an impressive wingspan of around five feet . It is is clothed in soft feathers making its attacks almost silent . Making a somewhat inelegant landing in the snow , the bird clutches onto the mouse with its claws , all the while being captured on film . Great grey owls are solitary hunters with often the only sign of their presence in the wild being imprints left in the snow from when they strike . The huge bird lunges towards the bird after abandoning its perch on a bare tree in the snowy wild . Its light feathers allow for a quiet arrival . With its eyes never straying from its prey , the bird hovers above ground with its long wings stretched out before launching its attack . The grey owl stalks its prey from a perch in the field before choosing its moment to strike , its sharp claws ready to strike upon landing .
The great grey owl was photographed swooping on the tiny island in Ontario , Canada , by a wildlife photographer . With soft feathers and heightened hearing , the owl is known as a deadly predator of mice and other small mammals . It eats its prey from snowy treetops before bearing down on it , unheard until the very last minute .