Owls

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 * First of all, what is an adaptation? Who can answer that? What are some of the owls adaptations? List in your own words what the owls adaptations are so that we can provide an extensive list of all that is owls. You will use this information to fill in your SNB!!! Good luck and Godspeed (def.**

[|barn owl pics] adaptations  //are things that help animals or plants survive// Owls have 4 talons, one of them can move and rotate to capture its prey at any angle

 //there are more than 200 diff species of owls [|Owl picture] // because there are lots of diff. kinds


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of owls and this is just one kind in this pic.  //[|snow owls]// **A Great Horned Owl weighs about 3 ½ - 4 pounds. Its two eyes together weigh about 25.7 grams (almost an ounce). That's more than the eyes of a 200-pound human!**

The tiniest owl is the Elf Owl, which is 5 - 6 inches tall and weighs about 1 ½ ounces. (A quarter-pound hamburger, without buns, pickle or ketchup, is heavier than two of them!)

owls are Great predators IN THE DARK col O Weard Long Sweat

Big Owls have deeper voices then smaller owls

large owls

bared owls make a sound like who cooks for you

Owls like to hunt at night, they have a hooked beak that is very sharp to tear food apart

and owls calf up lots of feathers hahahahaha lol

Owls eat animals and puke up lots of feathers and bones...... yuck. When owls are in the woods it's hard to see them. Look around and u will never find a owl. small animals cannot hear the owls because of their wings

// Owls do have some enemies, but they are very smart! They play games to escape danger. Some can disappear by blending into the background. We call this, "camouflage." The owl presses itself close to a tree trunk that matches its feathery "mustache" forward to hide its beak. It closes its eyes sometimes, too. //

chicks eat up to 4 mice a day...

Owls have sunk in shallow dishes, which are used to collect and intensify light. Owls eyes are in the front of their heads. Owls have developed soft feathers on their leg, wings and bodies to muffle sounds so they can hear everything better.

Owls hearing is 100 times more sensitive than humans, their assymetrical ears help them locate their prey because the sound reaches each ear at different times... **Owls can make themselves look bigger and tougher than they really are. This trick comes in handy when other animals threaten their nests**

what is the most interesting thing you have learned out owls so far?
 * the size of their eyes
 * One of their ears are higher than the other
 * they use their ears to hunt
 * Their talons have a locking mechanism to grip onto their prey.
 * owls like mice

OWLS CAN LOCATE PREY IN THE DARK WITH THERE EARS

Owls can rotate their heads, but not all the way around. Some people think they can turn around 360 degrees, but they cannot. The reason they can turn is because their eyes do not move in their sockets.

**Most owls don't make their own nest. They usually nest in a tree cavity or in an old crow, raven, or hawk nest. The Elf Owl usually nests in woodpecker holes dug into large cactus plant**

 // [|snow owls] // The snowy owl's beautiful white plumage helps to hide it in its Arctic habitat. Only the males are completely white. Chicks are dark and spotted, while the females are white with spots on their wings. Young owls, especially males, get whiter as they get older. Females are darker than males, with dusky spotting, and never become totally white. Some elderly males do become completely white, though many retain small flecks of dusky plumage. because there are lots of diff. kinds of Owls like to hunt at night, they have a hooked beak that is very sharp to tear food apart

Owls diets include mice, voles, other birds, moles, even been know to eat skunks...

if humans had the same proportions of eyes they would be the size of grapefruits Burrowing owls make a sound like a rattlesnake shaking its tail. This scares skunks and coyotes, which are animals that eat owls. It also scares ground squirrels that might try to move into the same tunnels.

face acts like a satellite dish to funnel sound towards ears.... chicks eat up to 4 mice a day...

Owls have sunk in shallow dishes, which are used to collect and intensify light. Owls eyes are in the front of their heads. Owls have developed soft feathers on their leg, wings and bodies to muffle sounds so they can hear everything better. Wings have small fluffy spikes to create micro turbulance for quiet flight. Owls have good hearing they don't have to see any thing Owls R Great Owls are cute and fluffy, but don't let their awesomeness fool you! They are VIC Owls are vicious predators yet they are very gentle. Owls have tiny brains. here is a picture of an owls adaptations [|owl adaptations]

**Some owls, such as the snowy and barn owl, play dead. When they play dead, their enemies usually leave them alone.**

** aerie: A nest built on a cliff or other high place. **

** [|Owl Vocab] ** Owls Wings Large Talons Sharp vision

** [|snowy] ** OWLS acrostics = add your 4 lines down below
 * 1) ** Many owls feed mainly on furry animals such as mice, rats, moles, squirrels, rabbits, and even skunks. They often swallow the smaller animals whole. **
 * 2) Owls also eat insects, worms, spiders, frogs, lizards, and small birds. Owls can kill animals as large as they are or even larger.
 * 3)  ** The favorite food of North American owls are insects and rodents. **
 * 4) Since owls swallow prey whole, what it cannot digest, such as teeth, claws, and fur, it stores in its gizzard. (part of the owl's stomach) Strong muscles roll the undigested pieces into small balls, called pellets. The owl coughs this up.
 * 5)  ** Scientists poke through the pellets to learn what owls eat. Sometimes they come across the skull of a mouse, or the leg of a beetle. Sometimes even the scales of fish! **
 * 6) When an owl lands on its prey, the owl hits the prey with its feet. If the prey is still alive, it breaks the animal's neck with a quick bite. Then it carries its prey up to a branch to eat.

Owls R Great Owls are cute and fluffy, but don't let their awesomeness fool you! They are VIC Owls are vicious predators yet they are very gentle. Owls have tiny brains. Owls are a group of birds known for their distinct calls, nocturnal habits, and silent flight. Owls are familiar to many people because they are often depected in various ways in popular culture. Jacob D