Owls ~ Da Wise Guys

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“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ― Oprah Winfrey

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Great Horned Owl

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Snuggling Barn Owls

“Life can be simple and beautiful. Focus on the good things.” – Maxime Lagacé

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Northern Hawk Owl - British Columbia, Canada

“No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most.” – Naval Ravikant

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Ghost

by Sue Demetriou

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Very gentle wild owl flew into my car and lost his wing, he’s now safe at an animal ER.

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Flammulated Owl

The Flammulated Owl’s husky voice doesn’t quite fit its pint-sized body. It can slow down its vocal vibrations by slackening the layers of skin around its throat, creating a low-pitched hoot. In spring and summer the owl idles in western mountains, feasting on insects. It was once thought not to migrate, but its insectivorous habits and recent studies showing that it’s unable to go into torpor, or mini hibernation, confirm that it travels south in winter.

Size: 6 inches tall; 2 ounces, though females are 50 percent heavier when breeding

Range: Common in summer from southwestern Canada through the western U.S. to Mexico; winter range in Mexico is poorly known

Status: Least Concern

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Long-Eared Owl

The Long-Eared Owl is a frequent target for other birds of prey, including Great Horned Owls and Barred Owls. When facing a formidable threat, it has a few tricks up its wing. It might pull in its plumage and stand up straight, elongating its body to look more imposing. The small owl may also sway side to side, feign an injury, or flop around its nest while screeching owlish imprecations.

Size: 15 inches tall; half a pound

Range: North America, Europe, Asia, and locally in North Africa, with some wintering south to Mexico and southern China

Status: Least Concern

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Mexican Spotted Owl

Of the three Spotted Owl subspecies, the Mexican is the rarest one in the U.S. Highly localized within its wide range, it seeks out cool, shady canyons, often in areas surrounded by the hot, dry slopes of desert mountains. It doesn’t breed every year; when it does it prefers spacious tree hollows in old-growth trees. If such sites aren’t available, the bird will adopt secondhand nests of other birds or occupy shallow caves in canyon cliffs.

Size: 18 inches tall; 1 pound

Range: From Mexico north through Arizona and New Mexico to Utah and Colorado

Status: Near Threatened

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Spectacled Owl

The Spectacled Owl has little to fear from predators, since it roosts in the canopies of rainforests and gallery woods, where assailants are few. It eats almost anything; during one lurid encounter in Panama, one slaughtered a three-toed sloth, then feasted on its mangled body. The bird is aptly named for the bandit-like mask around its eyes—black spectacles on a fleecy white head for the young, white frames on a dark head for adults.

Size: 18 inches tall; 1-2 pounds

Range: Mexico and Central America to the northern two-thirds of South America

Status: Least Concern

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Who's Who

These owls may wear the same game face, but when it comes to personality, they’re as different as day and night.

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You always take the best leaf when it rains! Always!

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Bubo Sumatranus  / Barred Eagle Owl from Sumatra Island, Indonesia