Rain Forest) Northern Spotted Owl Description: It is a medium-sized dark brown owl sixteen to nineteen inches in length and one to one and one sixth pounds Females are larger than males. The wingspan is approximately forty two inches‚ they are covered in white spots. Owlets are born entirely in white. but once they matured they get spots or have large brown circles instead‚ it also has a yellow bill and feathered feet‚ and blackish-brown claws that helps the owl catch its pray. They are also known
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Snowy Owls of the Arctic By BadWolf Zoology 101 Description of Snowy Owls Scientific name Recently changed genus General size and markings Differences between males and females Diet Primary diet and quantity Hunting Diurnal‚ not nocturnal Area of hunting ground Decline of food source Breeding Mates for life Protection of nesting area Normal clutch size Food availability effects on clutch size Migration How far do they travel for food? A population decline or local extinction
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Early Birds vs. Night Owls People today are leading two different lifestyles. Some of them are living an early bird style while others are living a night owl style. An early bird is a person who always gets up early in the morning‚ sets out for work early and strictly organize his/her time schedules. In contrast‚ a night owl is a person who always stays up late into the night‚ enjoys the exciting and colorful night life of the city‚ or works extremely hard late at night. To illustrate the existing
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The great-horned owl is one of the most mysterious animals of the world. In an excerpt from Mary Oliver’s essay "Owls‚" she discusses her fear as well as her utmost admiration of this most frightening of creatures. Mary Oliver’s use of threatening imagery conveys her deep fear of the power of this frightful creature. By using phrases referring to "it’s razor-tipped toes" and discussing the "heavy‚ crisp‚ breathy snapping of it’s hooked beak‚" Mary Oliver wants the reader to understand just
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The tawny owl‚ otherwise known by its scientific name‚ Strix Aluco‚ or simply the brown owl‚ is a bird native to much of Eurasia. The tawny owl is known for it’s small‚ compact body‚ as well as its brown colorations as it is named for. This specific breed of owl is known in folklore to have an uncanny sense of sight during the night time‚ however this has been disproven through the work of Selig Hecht and Maurice Pirenne (Hecht and Pirenne‚ 1940). It was actually proven through their work that the
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The Threatened Northern Spotted Owl Imagine you’re a spotted owl mother who just hatched her 4 newborn owlet children. Obviously you’re thrilled to be starting this new chapter of your little owl life with a brand new family but you’re also shadowed with the fear of the young ones safety. The Great Horned and Barred Owl are stalking your new members for a late night snack and the opportunity to run you out of your home like the true savages they are. As their numbers in population increase‚ your
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The Great Horned Owl The Great Horned Owl comes from the Strigidae family. Its scientific name is Bubo Virginianus. Bubo comes from the Latin word meaning "owl" or from the Greek word for "eagle owl" used by the 1st Century Roman naturalist Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus). Virginianus‚ meaning "of Virginia" is where the first specimen of Great Horned Owls was collected. Some other names for the Great Horned Owl are; Grand-duc d’Amerique‚ in French‚ and in Spanish is Busho cornudo. The common
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Great Gray Owls I learned many interesting things by reading this article on great grey owls. I really had no knowledge of this species before I began‚ but I now have a certain respect for them because of the familiarity I have gained. One interesting aspect of these owls is their hunting methods. The great gray owl is a very aggressive hunter when it finds its prey. "These owls don ’t just pounce‚ the plunge" (Warren‚ p.78). First‚ they locate their prey with the help of their large facial
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“Night Owls vs. Morning Larks” ENG-101-03 Due: 9/16/14 “Who gets up early? Farmers‚ bakers‚ doctors. Who stays up late? Muggers‚ streetwalkers‚ cat burglars.” (63). Anne Fadiman describes a human’s perspective on being a morning person‚ or as she refers to it “a morning lark”‚ verses a night person or “a night owl”. So how would you classify yourself; a morning lark‚ a night owl or are you a little of both? When reading the article‚ “Night Owl” by Anne Fadiman‚ I found that she provides
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At first the purpose of the passage “Owls” by Mary Oliver is difficult to pinpoint. This is because Oliver begins with describing the penetrating fear of a “terrible” (33) great horned owl‚ and suddenly develops into a section discussing a desultory and trivial field of flowers. The mystifying comparison between the daunting fear of nature and its impeccable beauty is in fact Oliver’s purpose. Oliver uses hyperbole in her lyrical and poetic diction to convey her true feelings about nature. She
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