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As it turns out, beneath those lovely plumes lies a demon hell-bird with black, soulless eyes that can show you how you'll die years before it happens.
A recent BirdNote podcast helped to explain exactly why the little creatures bob their little heads up and down.
The largest owls are two similarly sized eagle owls; the Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) and Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni). The largest females of these species are 71 cm (28 in) long, have a 190 cm (75 in) wing span, and weigh 4.2 kg ( 9 + 1 ⁄ 4 lb).
Owls may well be able to recognize individuals of their species by their unique voices. “Each individual great horned owl has a signature hoot,” Jennifer Ackerman reports in her book, "What an ...
The Stygian owl is 38 to 46 cm (15 to 18 in) long and weighs about 400 to 675 g (14 to 24 oz). The sexes have similar very dark plumage. (The adjective "Stygian" means "of, or relating to, the River Styx", but is more widely applied to anything that is dark or dismal.)
The bird family Tytonidae, which includes the barn owls Tyto and the bay owls Phodilus, is one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. They also differ from the ...
The appearance and calls of owls, such as the Eurasian scops owl, may have influenced Greek ideas of the blood-drinking strix. "Le Stryge" Chimera overlooks Paris from atop Notre-Dame de Paris . The strix (plural striges or strixes ), in the mythology of classical antiquity , was a bird of ill omen, the product of metamorphosis , that fed on ...
Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl, loosed and now living comfortably in Central Park, is an urban survival story relatable to many. Ospreys, peregrine falcons, bald eagles, and whales were headed for ...