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The barn owl is set to be released from the Chintimini Wildlife Center this summer after more than 50 days in care.
Hoosier, a barn owl with a gorgeous, snowy heart-shaped face, also is a puppy at heart. On a frigid late winter morning at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the 15-year-old owl has checked off a couple ...
Some owls, including the barn owl, are capable of locating prey very accurately and precisely in total darkness, using acoustic cues alone.
Barn owls, like other owl species, are entirely nocturnal and are able to locate their prey in total darkness by sound alone. They heart-shaped face aids in this as it funnels the sounds to the ...
Those adaptations give the barn owl its characteristic heart-shaped, nearly flat face — which, along with its black, piercing eyes and rasping, screeching voice, have made it an object of ...
Although most owl species are dark colored and well camouflaged, the barn owl has a light brown back and wings with a white front. Its dark eyes peer out of a heart-shaped white face, giving the ...
Anyone with information about the location of a barn owl nest or a dead barn owl should contact Slankard at 1-800-858-1549. Observers can also email her at [email protected].
The barn owl was seen on the nature center’s campus by several others in the days following the first sighting, according to the release. It was last seen on Saturday, April 27.
Barn owls face numerous threats, including secondary poisoning from contaminated prey, habitat loss, and human-wildlife conflict, making every successful rescue a vital step in conservation.
Barn owls have returned to Wisconsin after a two-decade hiatus. A nest of barn owls was found in La Crosse recently after a young bird fell from a dead tree in a resident's backyard. After further ...
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