Scientific name

The scientific name for the barn owl is the tyto alba.

call

What makes a bird of prey a bird of prey

What makes a bird of prey a bird of prey is that they have sharp talons that they use to catch there prey.

Characteristics

They have an ear behind there eyes and there left ear is lower than there right ear that’s how

Height,weight,colors

Height: 73cm Weight:14-19oz.Wingspan:43-110in.

Colors: The adult Barn Owl has two color phases: white and orange. In the white phase, the owl is colored a pale yellow orange, spotted with dark gray-brown and white. Its wings are a tawny color, with a medium orange tail that is mottled with gray. Its facial disk is white circled by a dark brown ruff with brown patches in front of its eyes. The orange phase, however, is darker with a medium brown facial disk. It has a pale yellow underside that is spotted with brown. A juvenile/immature bird is basically the same, but with less extensive spotting.

Habitat,Migration

Barn Owls are found primarily in open to semi-open habitats and forests, as well as in cities and towns.

Some northern birds may move south in winter.

Reproduction

Clutches average 3-6 eggs, with larger clutches up to 9-11 eggs if food is plentiful. Only the females incubate,

being fed daily by their mates during the 4 1/2- to 5-week incubation The chicks hatch in the order the eggs were

laid, with the first eggs hatching several days before the last period

. This hatching provides a permanent advantage to the older chicks, as the younger, less strong chicks are the

first to die if the food is scarce.

The chicks are kept in the nest and fed up to 1.5 times their own weight each day until they are about 22 days

old. The chicks are covered with a soft, fluffy down when first hatched and fledge, fully feathered, at 10-12 weeks

of age.

Predators

Predators of barn owls include: house and feral cats, Great Horned Owls, Eurasian Eagle-owls, large American opossums, raccoons, hawks and eagles. Man Most Common Problems - These owls are often hit by cars or trucks when flying low across or along roads at night. Nests built in places where human disturbance is likely, such as haystacks, buildings, and other structures, are often destroyed; young often fall from nests or fledge from nests into dangerous areas, such as manufacturing plants, warehouses, mills .

DDT Role

Birds

DDT is most famous for its effect on birds. Some research have shown that for certain species, DDT causes the thinning of eggshells.

Some species affected by DDT: osprey eagles pelicans falcons hawks

How Barn Owl is doing

I want to find out why this animal is endangered (what is killing it). I also want to find out the basics such as what it eats, its predators, where it lives, and the other basic information. I am interested in studying the Barn Owl, because I want to find the reasons for endangerment. Could it possibly be another animal not belonging in their environment or could it be man made materials interrupting the life of the Barn Owl? The last thing I want to find out about the Common Barn Owl is how to save this animal from extinction.

Origami Barn Owl

Pictures (barn owl)

“Up close man & the cam is upside down retard!”

“MOMMY I’M FLYING UPSIDE- DOWN!”

“I’m old school foo!”