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The Will o' the Wisp and the Snake by Hermann Hendrich (1854–1931). In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ignis fatuus (Latin for 'foolish flame'; [1] pl. ignes fatui), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.
Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus [1] Barred owl, Strix varia [1] Spotted owl, Strix occidentalis [1] Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio [1] Western screech-owl, Megascops kennicottii [1] Whiskered screech-owl, Megascops trichopsis [1] Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus [1] Elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi [1] Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa [1]
The Christmas boobook (Ninox natalis), also known as the Christmas hawk owl, Christmas Island boobook or Christmas Island hawk owl, [3] is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Closely related to the hawk-owls of genus Ninox, which occur in Southeast Asia and Australia, N. natalis was first classified at species level by J.J.Lister in 1888. [4]
An Almost Christmas Story, an animated short film written and directed by David Lowery and produced by five-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón, is inspired by the tiny owl found in the Rockefeller ...
A family in Kentucky was surprised to find an owl inside their Christmas tree days after decorating it. The White family from Lexington, Kentucky, said a friend found an owl in their decorated ...
Red owl: Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, A, 1878) 10 Western barn owl: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) 11 American barn owl: Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827) 12 Eastern barn owl: Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 13 Andaman masked owl: Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) 14 Ashy-faced owl: Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) 15 African grass owl: Tyto capensis (Smith, A ...
A snowy owl holds part of an American coot in its mouth as it stands on a chimney cap in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee. The bird, the first of its kind seen in Milwaukee this winter, was ...
This category contains flowering plants that have flowers that open or remain open at night. Pages in category "Night-blooming plants" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total.