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American Barn Owl: Ghostly Bird of Prey

If you’ve ever seen a big, ghostly bird swoop through the beam of headlights, you probably glimpsed an American barn owl.
Look whooo’s gone missing again! A popular barn owl with a history of wanderlust has once again gone AWOL from a Long Island Nature Center. Nebula, a 6-year-old captive-bred European barn owl, somehow ...
A barn owl is about 33-36 centimetres long with a wingspan of 87-90 centimetres. They are a scarce breeding species found on farmland here all year round. Barn owls are about the size of a jackdaw and ...
Sweetbriar Nature Center’s barn owl, Nebula, escaped and is still missing after a week. Nebula is not adapted to survive in the wild and depends on human care. Locals are asked to report sightings ...
It’s hard to believe that the barn owl (Tyto alba), the most widely distributed owl over our entire globe, is struggling here in Pennsylvania and in many other states. In fact, in 2020 only 45 known ...
A beloved barn owl named Nebula — a familiar friend to North Shore Scouts and countless school children — has gone missing from the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, prompting a community-wide ...
A woman who kept a barn owl in a cramped parrot cage has been taken to court by the RSPCA and convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. Named Shirlina, the wild bird had no ...
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Owls are enigmatic birds, by turns mysterious, lovable, or spooky, depending on whom you ask. With over 200 species living on every continent except Antarctica, owls have super-tuned senses that help ...