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Barn Owl, tyto alba, Adult in flight, Normandy

Western screech-owl (megascops kennicottii) by night, Arizona

Great gray owl, strix nebulosa, flying in the morning light. Rare bird of prey.

The tawny owl or brown owl - Strix aluco is a stocky, medium-sized owl commonly found in woodlands across much of the Palearctic.

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

Close up face of European eagle owl, Big orange eyes and Strong beak.

Daytime front view close-up of a single majestic Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo Bubo) with spread wings taking off from a bark towards, and looking at, the camera - sky and trees in the background [series 2/3]

A Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) perched and resting in a tree, bird of prey.

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - nocturnal bird

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

Wild young owl portrait on green background

Beautiful tawny owl (Strix aluco) sitting in an old oak tree.

3d rendering of long eared owl sitting in the branches of a coniferous forest at night

Eurasian pygmy owl in natural habitat. The smallest European owl sits on the moss.

Little Owl, Athene noctua, Mediterranean Forest, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe

eagle owl isolated on black with one eye closed

Striped Owl (Asio clamator) - Bird of Prey

A little owl in flight landing on a rock with golden background , horizontal shot , Italy

It measures around 37 to 51.4 cm (male) and 39 to 54.4 cm (female). It weighs from 405 to 562 g (male) and from 331 to 670 g (female). It has a brown facial disk, white eyebrows around the beak. Dark brown back and tail with white transverse bands. It has a wide collar of the same color and the belly is yellowish in color (giving rise to its common name).

Male Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) perching on a tree in a forest.

Long-eared owl (Asio otus), Hunting at night, in flight, flying

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