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Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) Cape Coral Florida USA

$The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl, winged tiger\$

Beautiful Barn owl (Tyto alba) sitting on a branch in an apple tree. Autumn background. Noord Brabant in the Netherlands.

$An Owl's daily activity begins with preening, stretching, yawning and combing its head with its claws. The plumage is often ruffled up, and claws and toes are cleaned by nibbling with the beak. The Owl will then leave its roost, sometimes giving a call (especially in breeding season)\n\nLike most owls, the barn owl is nocturnal, relying on its acute sense of hearing when hunting in complete darkness. It often becomes active shortly before dusk and can sometimes be seen during the day when relocating from one roosting site to another. In Britain, on various Pacific Islands and perhaps elsewhere, it sometimes hunts by day. This practice may depend on whether the owl is mobbed by other birds if it emerges in daylight. However, in Britain, some birds continue to hunt by day even when mobbed by such birds as magpies, rooks and black-headed gulls, such diurnal activity possibly occurring when the previous night has been wet making hunting difficult. By contrast, in southern Europe and the tropics, the birds seem to be almost exclusively nocturnal, with the few birds that hunt by day being severely mobbed.\n\nBarn owls are not particularly territorial but have a home range inside which they forage. For males in Scotland this has a radius of about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the nest site and an average size of about 300 hectares. Female home ranges largely coincide with that of their mates. Outside the breeding season, males and females usually roost separately, each one having about three favored sites in which to conceal themselves by day, and which are also visited for short periods during the night. Roosting sites include holes in trees, fissures in cliffs, disused buildings, chimneys and haysheds and are often small in comparison to nesting sites. As the breeding season approaches, the birds move back to the vicinity of the chosen nest to roost.$

East European Ural owl (Strix uralensis uralensis).

$Taxon name: Powerful Owl (juvenile)\nTaxon scientific name: Ninox strenua\nLocation: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia$

isolated Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) perched on a cactus against a blue sky

Striped Owl (Asio clamator) - Bird of Prey

Burrowing Owls safely sitting at the edge of their burrow

$The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl, winged tiger\$

Little Owl Stood On A Post With Pink Campion Wild Flower In The Foreground

A Great Horned Owl in captivity after being rescued following an injury.

The common owl, bubo bubo, squinted his eye and looks ahead. Portrait. Close-up.

Smart looking nosy burrowing owl with big eyes looking into the camera. Focused on eyes and beak. Blurred brown background and landscape format.

Wild Burrowing Owl in the beautiful Antelope Island State Park near Salt Lake City, Utah USA.

Beautiful little owl in the wild. Athene noctua. Owl chick on a stick, on a beautiful background.

Daytime front view portrait of a single majestic Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo Bubo) sitting still, looking straight ahead at the camera with defocussed trees in the background - shallow DOF, focus on the eyes

Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus, is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas. Kalispell, Montana.

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