The Quiet and Still Owl

Download or read book The Quiet and Still Owl written by Mary Turner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HISTORY OF THE OWL, A SYMBOL OF HALLOWEEN, THE OWL TODAY WHEN WE THINK OF AN OWL, WE USUALLY THINK OF THEM AS A BEAUTIFUL AND VALUABLE ASSET TO NATURE, A SPOOKY CREATURE OF THE NIGHT, THE EAGER OWL ARE LARGE EARED OWLS WITH ORANGE EYES, WITH TWANTY- BUFF COLOURATION MOTTLED WITH BLACK PALER BELOW WITH BLACK STEAKS DARK AND LIGHT MORPHS. THEY LIVE IN INDIAN SUB- CONTINENT TO HIMALAYASALSO IN MYANNMAR NEAR ROCKY HILLS, WOODED SCRUB, RAVINES, ROCKY SEMI- DESERTS OLD MANGO ORCHARDS, THEIR FOOD IS MAINLY, RODENTS, BRIDS, REPTILES, FROGS, CRABSAND LARGE INVERTEBRATES, THEY DO THEIR BREEDING FROM OCTOBER TO MAY, BUT MAINLY IN FEBRUARY TO APRIL, NEST ON THE SCAPE ON A ROCK LEDGE, CLIFF OR ON THE GROUND. TWO TO FIVE EGGS ARE INCUBATED FOR ABOUT THIRTY FIVE DAYS THE SOUND THEY MAKES IS A DEEP RESONANT SINGLE PITCH (DOUBLED NOTED HOOT) THEY ARE NOT GLOBALLY THREATENED, ALTHOUGH NOT ANYWHERE IN RANGE, DECENDED FROM THE MONTYPIC, CONSIDERED A RACE OF THE B. BUBO. DNA ARE DISTINCT. LIVES SYMPATRICALLY WITH B.b. NIKOLSKII IN PARTS OF KSAHMIR. SUMMARY OF THE QUIET AND STILL OWL IS FINDING OUT THE SECRETS OF THE OWL. BECAUSE ALL WE KNOW ABOUT OWLS, IS THAT THEY JUST SIT IN A TREE AND SOMETIME MAKE AN OWL SOUND.