Owls+of+the+World

 **Owl's Of The World **

Snowy Owl's  Snowy owls are large owls in an owl family called Strigdae. In North America they are also called Arctic owls and great white owls. Snowy owl's have yellow eyes and black bills, so they are very easy to recognize. They weigh from about 1.8-3 kg. Adult males are all white and females and young owls have some dark streaks. Snowy Owls are owls that move around a lot because their prey moves so they are forced to move also. The mostly live in Canada but they also live in Texas Georgia and Sothern Russia. They mostly eat small mammals for example meadow voles and deer mice, but if they can they sometimes feast on larger animals. They always swallow the prey whole. Snowy Owl's have few predators and the adults take care of their young very well.

Eurasian Pygmy Owl's Eurasian Pygmy Owl's are the smallest owl's on Europe. They are red to grey and brown, with spotted wings. they eat other birds, some birds are as big as them. They also eat small mammal's for example [|voles]. Eurasian Pygmy Owl's make their nests in old woodpecker holes. they are mostly in the same place but when the winter's get very cold the adult's sometimes move south. In the Wild Eurasian Pygmy Owl's usually live 6-7 years but in captivity they can live longer. They don't hunt in the dark but they do hunt at dusk dawn and sometimes even at during the day.

Eagle Owl's The Eagle Owl lives in Europe and Asia. They are strong and powerful. They mostly eat small mammal's but they can catch prey that is as big as a fox or small deer. They eat larger prey on the ground. Unlike most owl's they have orange eye's. They live near mountain's and cliff's. They live longer then most birds because they live 20-60 years. The eagle owl has a deep call, males have deeper call then female's and they are slightly different call's. [|They have a wing span of about 138-200 cm.]

 Screech Owl's Screech Owl's are small woodland owl's that are active during the night. They are grey red and brown. Males have deeper call's then females. Screech Owl's hunt from dusk to dawn, especially in the first few hour;s in the night. They hunt in open field's or wet land's. They grab prey in their talons, small prey they can eat whole but they have to take large prey to a perch and eat it there. They live in the East of North America and a few live in Canada.

Barn Owl's  Barn Owl's that live all around the world except in very hot and very cold places. They have long wings and legs and a short tail. They have dark eyes and a white heart shaped face so they are easy to tell apart from other owl's. Their beaks are pink and they also have black claws. They hunt slowly in open area’s of ground. They hunt small vertabrates especially rats and mice. Most Barn Owls get eaten when they are 2 years old, But they can live to be about 20 years old. Barn Owl's are also known as ghost owl's and death owl's because of their white faces.

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 Tawny Owls

[|Tawny Owls] have long-eared and are mostly active at night like lots of the other species. Tawny owls are also knowed "Hooo Hu Huhuhuhooo"or "kewick kewick" in Britain. Tawny owls are slightly bigger than a Barn Owl and they have feathers which is in a dark brown to a pale grey range of colors. If a Tawny owl is seen in a bright car headlight it can be confused with a Barn Owl. Tawny Owls are woodland birds that have adapted to live anywhere there are trees. The trees the Tawny Owls might live can be in a wooded garden, city parks, hedgerow trees or in a farm. When the owl is in a flight they generally go directly to or from a tree rather than flying back and forth like Barn Owls

