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barn owl
(Tyto alba) Barn owls have heart-shaped faces. This facial disk actually hides the barn owl's ears, which are quite sensitive. One would think that an owl known as the "barn" owl would be a common resident of the agricultural midwest. Unfortunately, these beautiful owls are now endangered in Illinois due to ...
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barred owls go from sewage plant to freedom
Feathers must fit together perfectly not only for flight, but for control of body temperature, breeding, camouflage, parasite control, and many others functions. Owls also have a special facial disk of feathers that help funnel sound to the ears. If these feathers are dirty or damaged, the bird's hearing ...
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The Raptor Foundation January 2004 Newsletter
He is a very good looking bird, feather perfect. He's got a perfectly clean white breast and a perfect heart shaped facial disk His good condition is mostly down to a healthy diet of chicks, mice, hamster and rat. Every night after school I come home and fly him. I fly him on a creance at home, this is a long piece of ...
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Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory's Hawk Stalk Photo Album
Harriers are unusual among hawks in using their ears more than their eyes to locate prey. The underlying structures of their owl-like facial disk (lower left) act like a parabolic microphone dish, collecting and concentrating sound. Unlike the fleet falcons they often resemble, the ...
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EEK! - Critter Corner - The Barn Owl
Barn owls don't have ear "tufts" like great horned owls or screech owls, they have ear openings hidden behind their round facial disk of feathers. The feathers help direct sound into the ears. Barn owls are one of Wisconsin's best natural mousetraps, consuming one and-a ...
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Barn Owl - WDNR
(Tytonidae) because their skeletal structure and pale, stiff facial feathers differ from those of typical owls (Strigidae). Please click button for a comparison of a ... or orange buff above with dark gray and white spots or speckled black. Whitish, heart-shaped facial disk is distinctive, although females have darker faces and larger spots on breast and belly. ...
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Endangered Wildlife Trust
Grass Owls closely resemble the more common Barn Owl, Tyto alba, but are larger, have darker brown colouring and a rounder facial disk. read more>> Oxpeckers Buphagus africanus; Buphagus erythrorhynchus The Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus and Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus have a long history with mankind. These ...
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EWT Species
Grass Owls closely resemble the more common Barn Owl, Tyto alba, but are larger, have darker brown colouring and a rounder facial disk. read more>> Oxpeckers Buphagus africanus; Buphagus erythrorhynchus The Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus and Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus have a long history with mankind. These ...
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Northern Harriers in Kansas
Both can be found hunting open grasslands and marshes. The harrier is the only hawk with an owl-like facial disk. This dish-shaped face probably assists the birds in hearing small mammals rustling through the grass. Male and female northern harriers differ greatly. The males are mostly pale gray with a white rump and the females, approximately ...
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Project Wildlife
The hearing of owls is also among the most unique in the animal kingdom. The stiff facial disk of feathers funnels sound to their asymmetrical ears which allows them to precisely locate their prey in total darkness! This spectacular hearing sensitivity in some owls is believed to be 10 times greater than our own but not ...
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