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	European Eagle Owls aka Eurasian Eagle Owl
		The Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of horned owl resident in much of Europe and Asia.
		The Eagle Owl is a very large and powerful bird, but despite its name it is generally smaller than for instance the Golden Eagle.
		The Eagle Owl is not naturally resident in England, but (ref. a BBC TV program) a pair have been breeding for several years in a valley in Ministry of Defence land in North Yorkshire.
	www.avianweb.com /eurasianeagleowls.html (463 words)

	Snowy Owl \| Animal Facts \| Fresno Chaffee Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The snowy owl tends to be a solitary bird.
		Being a circumpolar owl of the tundra, snowys are, of necessity, diurnal.
		Owls, like all birds of prey, have strong, hooked beaks for tearing flesh after they have caught the prey with the stiletto-like talons, which are adapted for catching and holding live prey.
	www.fresnochaffeezoo.com /animals/snowyOwl.html (778 words)

	Eurasian Eagle-Owl
		This owl may also be found in open habitats that have some trees and rocky areas like taiga, farmlands, steppes, semi-arid areas, and grasslands.
		Eurasian Eagle-Owls usually hunt at night from a perch, or while flying low over the ground or tree-tops.
		The Eurasian Eagle-Owl’s population declined significantly during the first half of the last century through persecution, disease, and poisoning.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/owls/eagleowl.html (317 words)

	Eagle Owl \| Animal Facts \| Fresno Chaffee Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Most eagle owls are quite adaptable and are known to breed as far north as the tree limits, in the Sahara and Arabian deserts, and the jungles of equatorial Africa.
		Eagle owls are predators of temperate and tropical forests with populations adapted to many open country habitats, including semi-desert.
		Owls are far-sighted because of the ring of bone in the eye that fixes it in the skull and squeezes the eyeball into a "telescope" for better light-gathering in the dimmest situations.
	www.fresnochaffeezoo.com /animals/eagleOwl.html (742 words)

	The Raptor Foundation - Eurasian Eagle Owl
		Eurasian Eagle Owls are found throughout Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, the Middle East and Asia, with some being found breeding as far south as the Sahara in Africa.
		Some are found in the northern reaches of the Indian subcontinent, and until recently, the Indian Eagle Owl, living throughout the subcontinent, was considered to be a subspecies of the Eurasian Eagle Owl
		There are reports of some Eagle Owls living in the wild in the UK, it is most likely that these birds are escaped or (illegally) released captive birds, rather than migrants.
	www.raptorfoundation.org.uk /eurasianeagleowl.html (786 words)

	Owl Summary
		Owls were regarded as auspicious in classical Greece, where they were sacred to Pallas Athena, the goddess of divine knowledge, human wisdom, and the arts; they were depicted on vases, coins, and monuments as her emblem and companion.
		Owl dances were performed as a magical rite, and in the Medicine Pipe Dance of the Crow tribes, the pipe stem was decorated with owl and woodpecker feathers to symbolize night and day.
		Although owls have binocular vision, their large eyes are fixed in their sockets, as with other birds, and they must turn their entire head to change views.
	www.bookrags.com /Owl (2303 words)

	Migratory Birds Program - Draco Malfoy's Owl - Eurasian Eagle Owl - The Owls of Harry Potter - owl photo - owl video - ...
		Eurasian eagle owls have a haughty, imperial looking face, with yellow or orange eyes and prominent ear tufts.
		Habitat and Range: Eurasian eagle owls prefer to nest in rocky ledges or on open ground in deserts or coniferous forests in North Africa, eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
		While it’s unlikely that eagle owls made any appreciable dent in livestock or wild game populations, they were used as a scapegoat for diminishing livestock or bad hunting seasons.
	nature.org /initiatives/programs/birds/features/art8962.html (327 words)

	Owl Species Found in the "Harry Potter" Series"
		These owls are known to go out in the day a lot and catch their food with a “sit and watch” method of waiting for their prey to come to them.
		Snowy owls are an average of 20 to 27 inches (51 to 68.5 centimeters), a wingspan of 54 to 65 inches (37-164 cm) and weigh 2.5 to 4.4 pounds (1,134-2,000 grams).
		Pygmy owls prefer forests of conifers (evergreen trees) in the lowlands, or forests of montane conifers (evergreens native to mountain areas) or mixed tree types common to mountainous zones.
	www.angelfire.com /mi3/cookarama/owlspecies.html (1980 words)

	Oregon Zoo Animals: Great Horned Owl
		Eagle Owls typically prey upon medium-sized mammals and birds such as opossums, hares, foxes, ducks, quail and pheasant.
		Eagle Owls like to build their nests on rock ledges or in caves and, unlike Great Horned Owls, will rarely nest in the abandoned nest of another bird.
		Eagle Owls have been compared to Golden Eagles in their ferocity, hunting style and territorial aggression.
	www.oregonzoo.org /Cards/BirdsOfPrey/eurasianeagleowl.htm (501 words)

	September 06 eZoom
		Owl ears (which are not, in fact, connected to the tufts of feathers on the tops of their heads) are tuned to frequencies that are off the human hearing chart entirely.
		Eurasian eagle owls are related to the great horned owl, but they are less numerous than their American cousins, preferring sparsely populated parts of Europe and Asia.
		When milky eagle owls decide to vocalize, everybody knows it; their calls can be heard from as far away as three miles.
	www.zooatlanta.org /member/sept_06/owl_article.htm (1123 words)

	Eurasian Eagle Owl (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eagle Owls are found everywhere in the world except Australia, North America and the southwest Pacific Islands.
		She is a "cohort" imprint, meaning that she was raised by her owl parents and in the presence of other young owls, but she was fed by humans.
		Owls that were previously persecuted are now protected as a result of a better understanding of their behavior and their helpful relationship with humans.
	www.windoverwings.com /eurasianowl.shtml (348 words)

	ADW: Bubo bubo: Information
		Eagle owls are the largest owls in the world, and they are best known for their large, striking, orange eyes.
		Eagle owls prefer to stay within the same territory unless they are forced to leave due to food shortages or if they are driven out by other owls.
		Eagle owls are economically beneficial to farmers that want to keep the number of rodents down on their land.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Bubo_bubo.html (1551 words)

	Vineyard Gazette - News
		Ben David, the director of the Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown, is rearing a Eurasian eagle owl.
		Ben David is raising the owl for educational purposes and plans to introduce the animal to bird lovers and friends sometime this summer at the wildlife sanctuary.
		Eurasian eagle owls are not native to this continent, though they are fairly common in the eastern hemisphere, their presence extending from Spain to China, from Scandinavia through Siberia and as far south as the Middle East.
	www.mvgazette.com /news/2005/05/06/eagle_owl_lands.php (734 words)

	The Modern Apprentice - The Eurasian Eagle Owl
		The Modern Apprentice - The Eurasian Eagle Owl
		An aggressive posture by an Eurasian Eagle Owl.
		As the bird becomes more threatened and defensive, the wings will turn up with the primaries pointed skyward and flatten into a wide profile making him seem much larger than he is.
	www.themodernapprentice.com /EEO.htm (71 words)

	The Eurasian Eagle Owl
		The height of the eagle owl can be anywhere from 2 to 2 1/2 feet tall, while the wingspan is approximately 5 1/2 feet wide, again depending on the individual.
		It is a very hardy owl able to breed in the arid Sahara and Arabian deserts, the jungles of equatorial Africa, as well as in the northern reaches of Siberia.
		In fact, eagle owls were the very first young that we had, and we have been blessed with their breeding ever since.
	www.conservationcentre.org /scase21.html (1315 words)

	Animal details
		The Eurasian eagle owl prefers to hunt in the twilight or at night.
		Flying noiselessly the Eurasian eagle owl tears toward the unsuspecting field mouse its chosen prey from behind and grabs it by the scruff of the neck using its sharp claws which are about 4 centimetres long.
		Because the owl's body is covered with a layer of smooth feathers, all noise during the flight is simply swallowed up.
	www.zoo-hannover.de /zoo-hannover/en/zoo_v3/tiere_attraktionen/tiere_az/tiere_detail_950.html (304 words)

	Migratory Birds Program - Draco Malfoy's Owl - Eurasian Eagle Owl - The Owls of Harry Potter - owl photo - owl video - ...
		Eurasian eagle owls have a haughty, imperial looking face, with yellow or orange eyes and prominent ear tufts.
		Habitat and Range: Eurasian eagle owls prefer to nest in rocky ledges or on open ground in deserts or coniferous forests in North Africa, eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
		While it’s unlikely that eagle owls made any appreciable dent in livestock or wild game populations, they were used as a scapegoat for diminishing livestock or bad hunting seasons.
	www.nature.org /initiatives/programs/birds/features/art8962.html (349 words)

	Eurasian Eagle Owl - Bubo bubo - Information, Pictures, Sounds
		Eagle Owls will eat almost anything the moves - from beetles to roe deer fawns.
		Habitat: Eagle Owls occupy a variety of habitats, from coniferous forests to warm deserts.
		"Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World".
	www.owlpages.com /owls.php?genus=Bubo&species=bubo (821 words)

	San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Owl
		Owls compete with each other for territory and food, but fortunately owls of different species can coexist by hunting at different times of the day or night.
		The great gray owl Strix nebulosa, the ural owl Strix uralensis, and the tawny owl Strix aluco all live in the same range, but the great gray owl is a daytime hunter.
		This means that an owl must move its entire head to follow the movement of prey, but it also gives it better focus with both eyes looking in the same direction.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-owl.html (1333 words)

	Lowry Park Zoo Reciprocal Partner
		Eagle Owls occupy a variety of habitats, from coniferous forests to warm deserts.
		Eagle Owls have various hunting techniques, and will take prey on the ground or in full flight.
		Eagle Owls will eat almost anything the moves - from beetles to roe deer fawns.
	www.lowryparkzoo.com /html/l3/fact_sheets/l3_att_hab_fsbop_eagleowl.html (647 words)

	Eurasian Eagle Owl
		Largest of all owls, they have prominent ear tufts, a boldly streaked breast, and heavily feathered toes and tarsi.
		They are the nocturnal counterparts of large birds of prey such as eagles and buzzards in that they share the heavy, compressed, eagle-like bill and enormously powerful talons.
		They usually nest on cliff ledges or the floor of rocky caves, where the nest itself is a scrape in the ground.
	home.wanadoo.nl /marisjohn/page-2.htm (325 words)

	Birds » Raptors » Owl - European Eagle Main Page
		The neck sports several dark stripes all around the neck, and the shoulders and back of the owl tend to have larger dark splotches, while the dark markings on the head are smaller in size.
		The legs of the European Eagle Owl are feathered in buff plumage with faint wavy dark stripes.
		European Eagle Owls leave elevated nests when they are about five to seven weeks old, though three to four week old birds can sometimes leave nests lower to the ground.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/raptors/rpt3019.html (922 words)

	IngentaConnect Predictive models of habitat preferences for the Eurasian eagle o...
		Habitat preference of eagle owls Bubo bubo were examined through comparing habitat composition around 51 occupied cliffs and 36 non-occupied cliffs in Alicante (E Spain).
		At both the home range scale and the landscape scale, high probabilities of presence of eagle owls were related to high percentages of Mediterranean scrubland around the cliffs, which are the preferred habitat of European rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus, the main prey of the owls.
		However, it should be noted that some structural features such as the proximity of roads were not necessarily avoided by the owls, but their presence were possibly constrained by systematic killing of individuals.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/mksg/eco/2003/00000026/00000001/art00003 (327 words)

	Moors eagle owl caged after two years on wing (Britain)
		EURASIAN eagle owl that has been swooping on walkers on Ilkley Moor has been captured after almost two years.
		The owl had been spotted several times in Wharfedale and is believed either to have escaped from a private collection or been released illegally.
		Now rangers have captured the owl, which is safe and well and being cared for by a licensed keeper for the Independent Birds Register, who is looking to rehouse it.
	www.igorilla.com /gorilla/animal/2002/moors_owl.html (249 words)

	Bird Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Barn owls are typified by heart-shaped facial discs, relatively small, uniformly dark eyes, long slender legs covered with narrow feathers, bristled feet, a comb-like middle claw and, without exception, no ear tufts.
		In an evolutionary sense, the barn owls are a relatively recent member of the Strigiformes.
		Although no nest is built, the owl's castings often form a compact surround for the eggs.
	www.naturalencounters.com /abby1d.html (1422 words)

	The Eurasian Eagle Owl
		Boobo Boobo is the Eurasian Eagle Owl that at adulthood weighs about nine pounds, stands about thirty inches tall with a wingspan of up to five and one half feet.
		It is the largest of all owls and the females tend to be larger than males yet their plumage is similar.
		In all locations the Eagle Owl will seek woodlands with high wooded sides, level land with low brush and trees and tree lined water courses for its habitat.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/birding/51494 (519 words)

	Aviary owls flying to bookstores for release of 'Half-Blood Prince' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Murphy, a Eurasian eagle owl at the National Aviary, is the type of owl owned by the evil Draco Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" series.
		His name is Murphy, and he's an Eurasian eagle owl, the largest species of owl in the world.
		While Eurasian eagle owls are as tall as 28 inches, they are lighter than they look.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05195/537705.stm (695 words)

	One Wing
		Eagles and Falcons, Hawks and Vultures, Non-Raptor Avians, Mammals
		This female Eurasian eagle owl arrived at our center from the World Bird Sanctuary of St. Louis, where she was bred for education.
		The European barn owl is the nominate species of the barn owls, which means all sub-species of barn owls derive from the European species.
	www.hawkcreek.org /owls.htm (1011 words)

	Great Horned Owl
		The great horned owl is the largest of the owls in North America with ear tufts, and is one of the largest and most powerful owls overall in North America.
		With its large sensitive eyes and exceptional hearing, it is adapted to hunt under the darkest cover of night, although it is not uncommon for a great horned owl to hunt during the day under the deep cover of woods.
		These owls are non-migratory, so the eggs are laid early in the year, before the nest owner returns from their winter home.
	www.wildlifeprairiestatepark.org /animalpages/great_horned_owl.htm (396 words)

	Information on Owls
		Owls: Their Habits and Habitats is a webpage maintained by Coveside Conservation Products which makes bird houses and feeders.
		Strigiformes (Owls) of the World is a checklist of the owls of the world, compiled by Robert B. Hole, Jr.
		The Owl Research Institute is based at the Ninepipes Center for Wildlife Research and Education in Montana.
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~au/owl.htm (1256 words)

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