There are many kinds of owls, but they all have certain characteristics in common: large, round heads that can turn almost 180 degrees; eyes that face forwards rather than to the side; flat faces with feathers around their eyes that form wide discs or ruffs which channel sound to their ears; small, hooked beaks; strong feet with sharp claws, and generally cryptic plumage in grays, browns, reds and whites. Owls maintain an upright stance when perched.
Find out where owls nest, and search the ground for owl pellets, then simply dissect and examine the contents. Identify the contents and record them.
Barn Owls have many nicknames which include monkey-faced owl, silver owl, white owl, delicate owl, golden owl, steeple owl, straw owl, barnyard owl, church owl, night owl, ghost owl, hobgoblin owl, screech owl, and death owl.
Owl castings otherwise known as owl pellets consist of undigested fur, feathers, bills, claws, teeth, and bones of the animals they prey on. It takes approximately 6-10 hours for a casting to form after an owl has eaten a meal and is regurgitated anywhere from 10-16 hors later. These pellets are a good way to identify the presence of an owl's roosting spot.
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ok, lets see, here goes: 1 barn owl 2 grass owl 3 masked owl 4 greater sooty owl 5 lesser sooty owl 6 sawhet owl 7 spotted owl 8 barred owl 9 great horned owl 10 elf owl 11 pygmy owl 12 Eurasian eagle owl 13 black and white owl 14 great gray owl 15 long eared owl 16 short eared owl 17 burrowing owl 18 eagle owl 19 scops owl 20 American screech owl 21 European screech owl 22 Whiskered screech owl 23 snowy owl 24 Boobook owl 25 Mexican striped owl 26 tropical screech owl 27 white-faced scops owl 28 spectacled owl 29 barking owl 30 brown fish owl yay! did it! 30 species!
Owl
Barn Owl (Family Tytonidae) * Barn-owl "Typical" Owls (Family Strigidae) * Eastern Screech Owl * Great Horned Owl * Snowy Owl * Barred Owl * Long-eared Owl * Short-eared Owl *** * Northern Saw-whet Owl Winter Owl Visitors * Northern Hawk-owl * Great Gray Owl * Boreal Owl
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There are many: Spot-bellied Eagle-owl, Rock Eagle-owl, Brown Fish-owl, Dusky Eagle-owl, Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl, brown hawk-owl, Brown Wood-owl, Buffy Fish-owl, Tawny Fish-owl, Indian Eagle-Owl, Andaman Hawk-owl, Spotted Owlet, Forest Owlet, brown fish owl, brown wood owl, Oriental Bay Owl, Collared Scops Owl, brown hawk-owl, Indian Scops Owl, eastern grass owl, Dusky Eagle-Owl, Collared Owlet, tawny fish owl, Jungle Owlet, Mottled Wood Owl, Asian Barred Owlet, Andaman Hawk-Owl, Andaman Scops Owl, Mountain Scops Owl, Nicobar Scops Owl, Eastern Grass-owl and Nicobar Scops-owl.
Barn owl, elf owl, burrowing owl, western screech owl, eastern screech owl, barred owl, horned owl, long eared and short eared owl.
- Whiskered Screech-Owl - Western Screech-Owl - Elf Owl - Spotted Owl - Northern Pygmy-Owl - Flammulated Owl - Burrowing Owl - Great Horned Owl - Northern Saw-Whet Owl
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