Top Ten Awesome Owls

Barn Owl

Owls are found on all continents except for Antarctica they all stand very upright and look forward. Their eyes are just like humans in that they have binocular vision.

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Scops Owl

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Spotted Owl

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Long Eared Owl

Owls have fantastic hearing and their faces are shaped to deflect sound towards their ears, they can hear things that we can’t and can often hear prey before they can’t see it.

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 Barn Owl in Flight

Owls even have specialised feathers which have different levels of softness. This is so they can be stealthy and makes them almost silent as they fly, most owls are nocturnal that they can be seen during the day. Their silent flight at night can make for some spooky experiences. Owls have been with us for nearly 58,000,000 years and are seen in cave drawings, Egyptian hieroglyphics and even in Myan temples.

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Barn Owl Video

Eagle Owl

Owls can’t turn their eyes, so they turn their heads instead, in fact their heads can turn up to 270° it is not true that they can turn their heads all the way around. They have three eyelids, one of these eyelids is for blinking another one is for sleeping and the third one is to keep their eyes bright and healthy

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Tawny Owl

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 Little Owls

Not all owls hoot they make other noises such as screeches, whistles and even barks, they can be heard up to a mile away the twit twooo we can hear at night is actually two owls one calling and the other answering.

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Endangered Fish Owl

Great picture of a Blakiston’s fish owl having caught a Masu salmon smolt in Primorye, Russia.

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Owls are carnivorous and will eat rodents small and even medium-sized mammals, they eat insects that fly at night, fish and even other birds. Owls can eat up to up to 1000 mice each each year which makes them very popular with farmers!