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This heartbreaking footage shows Britain's loneliest owl calling out for a mate - without a response. The unnamed bird calls out several times each day from his home on Woodoaks Farm near ...
On June 12 the Socorro Public Library was anything but quiet as over 50 children and adults gathered for a captivating ...
Close-up photo of a barn owl perched, highlighting its delicate plumage in a natural setting. Photo by Jean van der Meulen The barn owl’s ability to rotate its head up to 270 degrees (nearly ...
Because she was so far from home and didn’t want to leave without seeing the owl, Maggert parked and waited. “Once I’m there, I make it a day trip,” she wrote.
Barn owls also have near surround vision, swiveling their heads up to 270 degrees, far beyond a human’s 170 degrees. Their eerie screeches, unlike the gentler hoots of other owls, adds to their ...
A malnourished barn owl that was rescued by a member of the public has been nursed back to full health and released into the wild by animal rescuers. The owl had been placed into intensive care ...
“The barn owl is far more graceful,” the video explains. “Just one gentle wingbeat sees her gliding effortlessly through the air, creating little more than a whisper in the feathers below.” ...
“Then the barn owl comes along and it goes back and forth, and they wonder if the recording equipment is even on,” he says. “It’s absolutely silent.” Subscribe to the Daily newsletter.
The barn owl’s brilliant white underbelly is the key to its success as a nocturnal hunter, allowing the bird to camouflage itself against the moon, according to new research.
The barn owl’s brilliant white underbelly is the key to its success as a nocturnal hunter, allowing the bird to camouflage itself against the moon, according to new research.
The barn owl, the short-eared owl and the burrowing owl are less likely to be spotted in Iowa because the state has lost so much of its prairie and meadow. Pease said changing habitat is a ...