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 pictured swooping on the tiny rodent in Ontario, Canada, by a wildlife photographer . With soft feathers and heightened hearing, the bird is known as a deadly predator of mice and other small animals . It stalked its prey from snowy treetops before swooping down on it, unheard until the very last minute .