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  2. Garden owl - Wikipedia

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    Hunting decoys are the early predecessors of garden owls. Both Native Americans and Europeans used bird decoys in strategic hunting practices. [15] [16] European records show efforts to reducing bird damage to crops though usage of decoys dating back to the 1400s. Books on pest control that mention using decoys were written in the 1600s. [17]

  3. Common poorwill - Wikipedia

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    Like other members of this family it feeds on nocturnal insects such as moths, beetles, and grasshoppers. [11] It ejects pellets of the indigestible parts, in the manner of an owl. The common poorwill frequently takes prey off of the ground or by leaping into the air from the ground. It is reported to drink on the wing.

  4. Eyespot (mimicry) - Wikipedia

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    An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking. They are found in butterflies, reptiles, cats, birds and fish. Eyespots could be explained in at least three different ways. They may be a form of mimicry in which a spot on the body of an animal resembles an eye of a different animal, to deceive potential predator or prey species.

  5. Tytonidae - Wikipedia

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    American barn owl, Canada, with detail of wings and tail feathers The barn owl is the most widespread landbird species in the world, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. [ 20 ] Its range includes all of Europe (except Fennoscandia and Malta), most of Africa apart from the Sahara, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Australia ...

  6. Northern saw-whet owl - Wikipedia

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    The northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) is a species of small owl in the family Strigidae. The species is native to North America. Saw-whet owls of the genus Aegolius are some of the smallest owl species in North America. They can be found in dense thickets, often at eye level, although they can also be found some 20 ft (6.1 m) up.

  7. Owl butterfly - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of a Caligo wing. The underwing pattern is highly cryptic.It is conceivable that the eye pattern is a generalized form of mimicry.It is known that many small animals hesitate to go near patterns resembling eyes with a light-colored iris and a large pupil, which matches the appearance of the eyes of many predators that hunt by sight.

  8. Tawny owl - Wikipedia

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    Dogs, cats and humans may be assaulted, sometimes without provocation. [18] Perhaps the best-known victim of the tawny owl's fierce attack was the bird photographer Eric Hosking, who lost his left eye when struck by a bird he was attempting to photograph near its nest in 1937. He later called his autobiography An Eye for a Bird. [32]

  9. Owlfly - Wikipedia

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    Ascalaphidae is a family of insects in the order Neuroptera, commonly called owlflies; there are some 450 extant species. They are fast-flying crepuscular or diurnal predators of other flying insects, and have large bulging eyes and strongly knobbed antennae. The larvae are ambush predators; some of them make use of self-decoration camouflage.

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