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Funny Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia tilts its head outside its burrow on Marco Island, Florida

Owl IN captured

Burrowing Owl Perching On Field

burrowing owl

Safari in Tsavo East, Tsavo West, Amboseli and Masai Mara National Park (Kenya) - Wild Animals

an Owl rests on a branch in Madera Canyon, Arizona

Spotted eagle-owl, its scientific name is Bubo africanus

A Spotted Eagle-owl in flight at sunrise with wonderful background in Tarangire National Park – Tanzania

Short-eared Owl portrait. Quiet owl looking at the infinite.

Owl in captivity on Vancouver Island.

Close-up photo of a Verreaux's or Milky Owl in Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Screech Owl for sale is being sold in the traditional market in Jakarta

This large owl with the distinctive face, large forward-facing eyes, horns and deep resonant call is associated with a number of superstitions. Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen. Their deep haunting calls if delivered from atop a house are considered to forebode the death of an occupant. A number of rituals involving the capture and killing of these birds have been recorded. Salim Ali notes a wide range of superstitions related to them but notes two as being particularly widespread. One is that if the bird is starved for a few days and beaten, it would speak like a human, predicting the future of the tormentor or bringing them wealth while the other involves the killing of the bird to find a lucky bone that moved against the current like a snake when dropped into a stream.Belief in these superstitions has led to the persecution of the species in many areas by tribal hunters. The capture of these birds is illegal under Indian law but an underground market continues to drive poaching.

A juvenile Burrowing Owl stands outside its burrow, as an adult keeps watch.

Beautiful portrait of an owl in the nature, seen from below. Beautiful yellow eyes, green background. Strigiformes. Spain

Close up of a Eurasian Eagle Owl against a dark background.

Small bird, its average size is 21.5 to 28.5 cm (males) and 22 to 25 cm (females). It weighs between 110 and 285 g (males) and between 150 and 265 g (females). It has a round head, without plumes and the eyes are arranged side by side, in the same plane. The eyebrows are white and the eyes are yellow. The coloration is earthy, mimetic, and may present plumage in rusty tones caused by purple earth soils (adventitious coloration). Unlike most owls, the male is slightly larger than the female and females are normally darker than males, particularly on the face. It has a smooth and silent flight. She has to turn her neck, because her big eyes are arranged side by side in the same plane. This frontal arrangement gives the owl binocular vision (it sees an object with both eyes at the same time). This means that the owl can see objects in three dimensions, that is, height, width and depth. The eyes of the burrowing owl are very large, in some subspecies of owls they are even larger than the brain itself, in order to improve its efficiency in low light conditions, better capturing and processing the available light.

Pharaoh Owl (Bobo ascalaphus) in Dubai desert - United Arab Emirates

View of the small owl on the meadow with view of the mountains in Serengeti National park, Tanzania

The Bengal eagle-owl, also widely known as the Indian eagle-owl or rock eagle-owl, is a large horned owl species native to hilly and rocky scrub forests in the Indian Subcontinent. It is splashed with

This large owl with the distinctive face, large forward-facing eyes, horns and deep resonant call is associated with a number of superstitions. Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen. Their deep haunting calls if delivered from atop a house are considered to forebode the death of an occupant. A number of rituals involving the capture and killing of these birds have been recorded. Salim Ali notes a wide range of superstitions related to them but notes two as being particularly widespread. One is that if the bird is starved for a few days and beaten, it would speak like a human, predicting the future of the tormentor or bringing them wealth while the other involves the killing of the bird to find a lucky bone that moved against the current like a snake when dropped into a stream.Belief in these superstitions has led to the persecution of the species in many areas by tribal hunters. The capture of these birds is illegal under Indian law but an underground market continues to drive poaching.

Verreaux's eagle-owl (Giant Eagle Owl) Reuse ooruil, (Ketupa lactea) at Twee Rivieren in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari

Closeup beautiful juvenile Barred eagle-owl or Malay eagle-owl, uprisen angle view, front shot, sitting on the branch in tropical moist lowland forest on isolated white background, southern Thailand.

Siberian Eagle Owl close up with nature background.

an owl wakes from a nap and yawns in southern Africa

The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, with yellow eyes, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America.

Manyoni Game Reserve is a protected area in north-eastern Kwa Zulu Natal and covers 23000 ha.

Brown owl is a species of owl having super binocular vision and directional hearing

Daytime front view close-up of a single majestic Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo Bubo) with spread wings upwards taking off from a bark towards, and looking at, the camera - sky and trees in the background [series 1/3]

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