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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.
A couple who started trying to reverse the falling number of barn owls in part of Cheshire 30 years ago have been remembered for their conservation efforts. When Dot and George Bramall moved to the ...
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 ...
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 in Smithtown is still searching for their beloved European barn owl, Nebula, who has been missing since Oct. 25 after she managed to slip away from her handler and fly off due ...
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 ...
The Powerful Owl, Ninox strenua, is Australia's largest and most powerful owl. It's also the only owl in Australia that hoots like the owls in children's books - "whoo hoo" - rather than screeching ...
Adrian Chiles gets you set for the weekend, with news, sport and entertainment. Eleanor Oldroyd, live from Perth, and Qasa Alom present unique stories from across the UK, explaining details behind the ...
Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign ...