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    Owls are birds of prey found all over the world, with over 200 types. This fact sheet discusses 10 interesting facts about owls, including that they are carnivorous predators, have asymmetrical ear placement for sharp hearing, cannot rotate their eyes but can turn their heads almost completely, and regurgitate indigestible parts of their prey in pellets. The sheet also notes how to identify owls in your neighborhood by looking for feathers, pellets or droppings.

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    Owls are birds of prey found all over the world, with over 200 types. This fact sheet discusses 10 interesting facts about owls, including that they are carnivorous predators, have asymmetrical ear placement for sharp hearing, cannot rotate their eyes but can turn their heads almost completely, and regurgitate indigestible parts of their prey in pellets. The sheet also notes how to identify owls in your neighborhood by looking for feathers, pellets or droppings.

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    Owls are birds of prey found all over the world, with over 200 types. This fact sheet discusses 10 interesting facts about owls, including that they are carnivorous predators, have asymmetrical ear placement for sharp hearing, cannot rotate their eyes but can turn their heads almost completely, and regurgitate indigestible parts of their prey in pellets. The sheet also notes how to identify owls in your neighborhood by looking for feathers, pellets or droppings.

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    FEATHERED fact sheet

    Owls
    Owls are beautiful birds of prey, with flattish faces, short
    OWL FACTS
    hooked beaks and sharp talons. There are over 200 types
    of owl living all over the world.
    Here in the UK, there are five main species: The tawny Here are ten things you might not know
    owl, the barn owl, the little owl, the long-eared owl and about our feathered friends:
    the short-eared owl. The snowy owl and the eagle owl are
    occasionally spotted in Britain, too - but theyre usually
    visitors from overseas or escapees from captivity!
    1 Owls are carnivorous predators - meat eaters who catch
    their food. For example, barn owls usually eat mice,
    shrews and voles; while tawny owls munch rodents, small
    birds, frogs, insects and even fish!

    Famous Owl in fiction


    A snowy owl called Hedwig is one of the
    2 When out and about hunting, owls tend to rely mostly
    on their hearing. For example, barn owls are able to
    find their prey in total darkness, as they can hear it making
    most famous owls in fiction. She is Harry the smallest of noises.
    Potters owl, in the series of childrens
    books by JK Rowling. The half-giant Hagrid gives Harry
    the owl as a present in the very first book, Harry Potter
    3 Human ears are (usually!) at the same height on each
    side of the head. However, owl ears are placed higher
    on one side of their heads than on the other. This makes
    and the Philosophers Stone. Hedwig becomes Harrys their hearing even sharper, especially when flying.
    loyal companion. Harry gets Hedwig to deliver important
    messages, and she saves the day on more than one
    occasion. In the films, Hedwig is actually played by a
    4 Try rolling your eyes in their sockets - owls cant do this!
    If an owl wants to look in a different direction, it has to
    move its whole head. In fact, many owls can turn their heads
    series of male owls! 280 degrees - thats three-quarters of the way round.

    Animal detectives - out which animal your local


    5 Unlike many birds, owls dont have oily, waterproof
    feathers. If a barn owls feathers get wet, they suck up
    the water a bit like a sponge. Thats why many owls cant
    hunting for owls in owl ate last!
    hunt if its raining.
    your neighbourhood Droppings: Owls often rest
    If you find either of these
    clues in your local area,
    in the same places day after
    day, so keep an eye out for
    6 Owls are famous for being creatures of the night. In
    fact, some owls (like short-eared owls) hunt during the
    day. These are called diurnal owls. Other types (including
    its likely that an owl is piles of white droppings under
    barn owls) usually hunt at dawn and dusk. These are
    close by likely trees. If theres an owl
    crepuscular owls. The ones that do hunt at night (like
    roosting in a building, you
    tawny owls) are known as nocturnal owls.
    Pellets: Remember the fact might find poop marks down
    walls or beams instead.
    7
    about owl pellets? These are Most birds have a crop - a place inside a birds body
    made up of the bits of food where it temporarily store food. Owls dont have crops,
    owls cant digest, like the fur, Feathers: During the spring,
    but swallow their prey directly into their stomachs.
    bones and beaks of their prey. many owls moult some of
    their old feathers and grow
    8
    If you find several of these There are certain bits of food that owls cannot digest
    rolled-up, oblong pellets in new ones. As well as adult (things like beaks, fur and bones - yuck!). Owls regurgitate
    one spot, its likely an owl is feathers, you might also find these bits and spit them out, all rolled up in a pellet.
    nesting nearby.If you break the fluffy, downy feathers

    9
    one of these pellets open, you shed by baby owls as they Not all owls hoot. Tawny owls do make the famous
    might even be able to work grow up. twit-twoooo but barn owl hiss and shriek instead!

    10 In books, owls are usually described as being very


    wise. In fact, experts think they are less intelligent
    than many other types of bird, like ravens, crows and rooks.

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