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The desert owl breeds in Israel, northeast Egypt, Jordan, and the Arabian Peninsula. Its habitat includes desert, semi-desert, rocky ravines, and palm groves. It nests in crevices and holes in cliffs. Its diet consists of voles, mice and large insects. This is a medium-sized earless owl, smaller than the tawny owl at 29–33 cm in length.
The barred owl (Strix varia), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American large species of owl. A member of the true owl family, Strigidae, they belong to the genus Strix , which is also the origin of the family's name under Linnaean taxonomy .
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The association between the owl and the goddess continued through Minerva in Roman mythology, although the latter sometimes simply adopts it as a sacred or favorite bird.. For example, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Corone the crow complains that her spot as the goddess' sacred bird is occupied by the owl, which in that particular story turns out to be Nyctimene, a cursed daughter of Epopeus, king ...
[3] [4] [5] The Ookpik figures were created at the Ft Chimo Eskimo Co-operative in Quebec in 1963. The Ookpik is a symbol by which Canadian handicrafts are identified internationally. [1] Many Canadians and Americans remember owning an Ookpik, and remember it as a popular symbol of Canada. [4] [5]
The smallest owl—weighing as little as 31 g (1 + 3 ⁄ 32 oz) and measuring some 13.5 cm (5 + 1 ⁄ 4 in)—is the elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi). [6] Around the same diminutive length, although slightly heavier, are the lesser known long-whiskered owlet ( Xenoglaux loweryi ) and Tamaulipas pygmy owl ( Glaucidium sanchezi ). [ 6 ]
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One of the variations of owl photos (Northern Spotted Owl) O RLY? is an Internet phenomenon, typically presented as an image macro featuring a snowy owl. [1] The phrase "O RLY?", an abbreviated form of "Oh, really?", is popularly used in Internet forums in a sarcastic manner, often in response to an obvious, predictable, [2] [3] or blatantly false statement.