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	Tawny Owl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) is a species of owl resident in much of Europe and southern Russia.
		Smaller woodland owls such as the Little Owl and the Long-eared Owl cannot usually co-exist with the stronger Tawny, and are found in different habitats.
		The call of the Tawny Owl is the tu-whit tu-whoo immortalised by William Shakespeare.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tawny_Owl (388 words)

	Owl Species Found in the "Harry Potter" Series"
		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.
		The owl is nocturnal, and it is not uncommon to hear its high-pitched hoots late at night.
	www.angelfire.com /mi3/cookarama/owlspecies.html (1980 words)

	Owls
		Owls have a third eyelid, which protects against damaging by twigs or the sharp bills of young owls waiting to be fed. Apart from its excellent sight, the owl's hearing is also very good and allows it to pinpoint the exact location of its prey in the dark.
		In Celtic mythology, the owl is one of the oldest animals in the world, along with the flbird, the stag, the eagle and the salmon.
		The Tawny owl is found in all of Europe except for Ireland and northern Scandinavia, in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunesia), Iran, Russia except for the northern parts, north-western India, the Himalayas, southern China, Korea and Taiwan.
	www.dierinbeeld.nl /animal_files/birds/owl (1630 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Tawny owl
		Tawny owls are the biggest common owl in the UK, with a body length of 38cm and a wingspan of 95-105cm.
		Tawny owls are not considered to be threatened, although they were heavily persecuted by gamekeepers up until the early part of this century.
		Tawny owls are the commonest owl in the UK, with about 20,000 pairs, but there have been some fairly worrying declines in recent years.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/207.shtml (339 words)

	Tawny Owl
		Tawny owls choose to nest in holes in trees also they will nest in buildings, old stick nests of birds such as crows will be used as will squirrel drays.
		The more extreme I have come across was in 1993 when a Tawny Owl nested on the woodland floor in the Mendip Hills, needless to say the nest was un-successful being predated whilst the female was incubating the eggs.
		But I have also observed Tawny owls flying hunting were by they fly across open and try to hover like a kestrel would, looks quite un-professional when a Tawny owl tries it, I have also observed them hunting for insects by literally running along the ground like glorified Blackbirds.
	www.hawkandowl.org /page85aa.html (481 words)

	Tawny Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Daily Life; the tawny owl is a resident bird and stays in its breeding area throughout the year.
		The tawny owl is nocturnal and therefore not often seen during daylight.
		A tawny owl spends the day roosting on the branch of a tree and is often mobbed noisily by small birds such as chaffinches, house sparrows, blue tits and flbirds, though they seldom manage to disturb the dozing owl!
	www.aspenholm.co.uk /tawny_owll.htm (564 words)

	Eurasian Tawny Owl - Strix aluco - Information, Pictures, Sounds
		After detecting a prey animal moving in the grass, the Owl glides down or drops onto it and, at the moment of impact, extends its wings to cover the victim, which is usually killed immediately by the powerful feet and claws.
		Tawny Owls will nest in a natural hole or a nest box in a tree, but occasionally nests have been found on ledges of old buildings and in chimneys.
		Tawny Owls are dependent on their parents for food up to three months after leaving the nest.
	www.owlpages.com /owls.php?genus=strix&species=aluco (1556 words)

	Hume's Owl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hume’s Owl or Hume’s Tawny Owl (Strix butleri) is a species of owl.
		Hume’s Owl breeds in Syria, Israel, northeast Egypt and the Arabian peninsula.
		Its stocky body and round head recall a small Tawny Owl, but it is paler, less streaked, particularly on the underparts, and has yellow eyes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hume's_Owl (216 words)

	Tawny Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Tawny Owl is found throughout Britain (with the exception of Ireland), most of Europe and Russia (though not the more northerly regions) through to Asia and China and some of the north of Africa.
		There are 12 sub-species of the Tawny Owl, those inhabitat the more northerly regions are anywhere up to 12% larger and 40% heavier than the sub-species native to the UK (Strix aluco sylvatica).
		The Tawny Owl is nocturnal, roosting during the daytime in trees.
	www.pauldfrost.btinternet.co.uk /tawnyowl.html (477 words)

	Tawny owl - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tawny owl - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		The tawny owl is an owl the size of a pigeon.
		The tawny owl is nocturnal so it is often heard calling at night, but much less often seen.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/t/tawnyowl/index.asp (227 words)

	Tawny Frogmouth
		The Tawny Frogmouth is often thought to be a species of owl, but they are in fact related to nightjars.
		Owls fly around at night hunting food, but Tawny Frogmouths generally remain sitting very still on a low perch, and wait for food to come to them.
		Tawny frogmouths hunt at night and spend the day roosting on a dead log or tree branch close to the tree trunk.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/tawnyfrogmth.htm (360 words)

	Owl Wood
		Owls have featured in many English stories and poetry and perhaps one of the most famous is the solemn and much put upon Owl (spelled WOL) in the Winnie the Pooh children's books.
		Barn owls and tawny owls are among the most often sighted although we have also heard and seen a Little Owl in Leicestershire once which made its presence known very loudly outside our window at the farmhouse where we were holidaying.
		The young owls are born covered in white down and twelve days later develop a creamy coat which will eventually be shed to develop the characteristic golden upper coat mottled with grey and the white underfeathers of the adult.
	www.btinternet.com /~ardena/owl_wood.htm (1122 words)

	The European owls I.
		Since discovering a small owl in my garden many years ago, I have been a great friend of owls of every kind, but I am especially attracted to the little and tawny owls.
		The Great grey owl is just under 70 cm in size with grey plumage and fine circular marking of the facial disc, white sickle between eyes and beak, fl beard and small eyes.
		The Ural Owl is active nocturnally and in the twilight, also active diurnally especially during the breeding season.
	www.tanimola.de /engl/eulen_1.htm (634 words)

	Birds
		The Tawny Owl is common in woods, and can also be found in large parks.
		Tawny Owls hunt and eat mice, rats, birds (often taken while they are sleeping), rabbits and large insects.
		The Tawny Owl is a resident to England, Scotland and Wales, and it breeds in all three of these countries.
	www.naturegrid.org.uk /biodiversity/birds/owls.htm (444 words)

	Olympus MIC-D: Butterfly Wing Scale Gallery - Tawny Owl
		Many owl butterflies in the wild are found with a piece of their hind wings missing, indicating that even if a predator is not deterred by the eye spots and wing colors, it may be fooled into attacking the wing instead of the vital butterfly body.
		In the pupal stage, the tawny owl chrysalis is a bright yellow, which helps it blend in with surrounding ripening fruits.
		The tawny owl caterpillars are, however, killed in masses due to essentially unrestricted pesticide applications used to protect the economically important cash crops.
	www.olympusmicro.com /micd/galleries/butterfly/tawnyowlo10.html (726 words)

	Strix Aluco Tawny Owl Natugle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tawny Owl is one of the most commonly seen owls in western Europe, and with 4000 to 5000 breeding couples its curtainly the most frequently seen owl in our Danish countryside.
		But with theese exceptions Tawny Owls, its fair to say, is part of the Danish landscape.
		According to the books Tawny Owls hunt in the dark of the night, mostly by use of an excessive hearing, and a Tawny Owls sleep through the day.
	www.birds-of-denmark.dk /natugle-strix_aluco.htm (287 words)

	LORNA ASHWORTH - OWLS
		The barn owl is adapted to hunting by night once persecuted by gamekeepers in the belief that it took nestlings, it has long been encouraged to nest in farmers' storage barns, which it swiftly rids of troublesome rodents.
		Tawny owls locate their prey by ear, turning their heads slowly to pinpoint the location of prey by sound and then pouncing there is a high death rate among owlets as they are forced to find their own territory almost as soon as they become independent.
		The Tawny owl's diet can be quite varied and often depends on habitat in woodland, they eat mainly small rodents with some birds, shrews, worms and beetles.
	bowland-files.lancs.ac.uk /lever/ccwtexts/53/la53text.htm (3061 words)

	The Tawny Owl, BirdCheck.co.uk
		You have my pity, at all events, 'Bonny Brown Owl;' and, believe me, I would that the expression of it might do you a kindness; but I have sad misgivings —you are a marked bird—they have given you a bad name, and the proverb tells you the fatal consequence.
		The Tawny Owl, or Brown Owl, is known in many countries of Europe—Lapland, Norway, and Scandinavia generally, Russia, the Crimea, Spain, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, and others; as also in Asia Minor, Palestine, Greece, Roumelia, and Japan.
		When the chicken was about three months old, the poor old Owl choked herself by swallowing part of a fowl which I had given her for her supper.
	www.birdcheck.co.uk /main/previewpages/previewpage345.htm (1491 words)

	Isle of Skye Falconry - hawk walks, falconry displays, raptor management courses
		This is the owl you hear hooting at night in the trees and is most likely the one you will see passing in front of you when driving in your car.
		Colours are very similar although tawny owls come in a varied range of colours from almost grey through to almost white.
		Tawny owls like barn owls prey upon mice and voles but also garden birds up to the size of fl birds and thrush.
	www.discoverituk.plus.com /isleofskye/owls.htm (523 words)

	Stryx aluco - Tawny Owl
		Tawny owls are plentiful in Wales and are more a bird of woodland than of farm buildings.
		The baby owls, called owlets, are grey downy creatures with big round faces and dark eyes like those of their parents.
		Some adults retain a slight greyish tinge; however, the majority of tawny owls are a rich chestnut brown with buff mottling.
	www.first-nature.com /birds/stryx_aluco.htm (143 words)

	Owls - Birds ProvenceBeyond
		The barn owl is often seen ghost-like in the dusk, or caught in the lights of a car, where it appears all-white.
		The Short-Eared owl hunts at dawn and during the day, making it the most likely of the owls to be seen during daylight.
		The Tawny Owl is nocturnal, but roosts on tree branches during the day, and is often mobbed by small birds while sleeping.
	www.beyond.fr /birds/owls.html (473 words)

	BBC - Oxford Features - Tawny Owl survey
		You may have heard its distinctive "twit-twoo" call but the chances are you haven't ever seen a tawny owl.
		But there are concerns that tawny owl numbers are dropping partly due to increasingly sophisticated cars knocking them down as they feed at the roadside.
		Members of the public have already played their part by letting the OOS know about tawny owls they've seen or heard.
	www.bbc.co.uk /oxford/nature/tawny.shtml (347 words)

	Owls in Harry Potter in Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese
		Owls are found throughout the world and are known to the people of China (including Taiwan), Japan, and Vietnam.
		On the other hand, the term 'grey owl' is not used as the common name for any specific kind of owl; it's just a grey-coloured owl.
		Screech Owl is translated incorrectly but this is not a major problem, especially since it's not totally clear exactly what kind of Screech Owl the author is referring to.
	www.cjvlang.com /Hpotter/owls.html (1535 words)

	Owl Conservation
		Owls use the barn to hunt and digest their prey - there are numerous pellet sites below the rafters (pictured below, left) and railings.
		The owls use the rafters to perch and digest their prey - evidenced by a veritable mound of pellets and droppings.
		This is a spacious and highly desirable owl residence, suitable as a starter home, for nesters, or for an extended family.
	www.geocities.com /Pierre_LEVEE/owl_conservation.htm (671 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 (1328 words)

	Tawny Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Tawny Owl is the second most common Bird of Prey in Britain after the Kestrel Falcon.
		It is the legendary owl of fairy tales whose famous "tu-whit, tu-whoo" call has become part of our literary heritage.
		Large eyes provide excellent night vision and hearing is exceptional, but ornithologists believe that it is also an intimate knowledge of their surroundings which allows Tawnies to move so easily at night in thick woodland.
	www.the-owl-barn.com /bbop/tawny.html (163 words)

	Owl (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		The Arabs call this bird "the mother of ruins." It is by far the most common of all the owls of Palestine.
		It is the Athene persica, the bird of Minerva, the symbol of ancient Athens.
		It may be the hooting or tawny owl (Syrnium aluco), which is common in Egypt and in many parts of Palestine.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/owl.html (302 words)

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		Tawny Owls patrol woodland glades and wooded suburbs, hunting for small mammals and roosting birds.
		We think that Tawny Owl numbers may have fallen by a third since 1994 (BBWC - TO) which suggests a dramatic change – but our current surveys are not well suited to nocturnal species.
		We know that Tawny Owls are noisy in the autumn, with less activity in the late spring, when most BTO survey work takes place.
	www.bto.org /appeals/owls/priorities_woodland.htm (179 words)

	British Garden Birds - Tawny Owl
		This plump owl has red-brown to grey-brown plumage dappled with buff, which is perfect camouflage for roosting in trees during the daytime, and at night is becomes just a silhouette, and so you are more likely to hear it.
		Other birds, often of different species such as Blackbirds, finches and tits, gang up and mob roosting Tawny Owls, the commotion being useful in locating the owl, which is usually on a branch close to the tree trunk or in a hole in the tree.
		The tree has since had to be felled and the Tawny Owl (and Great Spotted Woodpecker) have not been seen since.
	www.garden-birds.co.uk /birds/tawnyowl.htm (384 words)

	tawny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An hour later we were confronted with the woman and the owl, which bore a remarkable resemblance to a tawny owl.
		Either that or it was a barn owl which had fallen in something nasty.
		Forgoing the temptation to argue against the likelihood of either a tawny owl being reared by barn owls or a tawny having a pair of albino tawnies for parents, I examined the bird.
	www.theraptortrust.freeserve.co.uk /tawny.htm (520 words)

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