OWLS WRITTEN AND CREATED BY ALEXANDER, AMELIA, ETHAN, JIANNA, JONAH, AND TRUTH

OWLS

WRITTEN AND CREATED BY

ALEXANDER, AMELIA, ETHAN, JIANNA, JONAH, AND TRUTH

HABITATSOwls live

in lots of different habitats. Most owls prefer woods and forests for the nesting sites. Snowy owls are found in icy tundra and far north.

Written byJianna and Truth

HABITATS

Tiny elf owls live in deserts of north America. Other owls live in grass lands, farm lands and marshes. Screech owls live close to people in parts of New York city in buildings and gardens.


TOGETHER

Male and female owls stay together for a long time. Owls stay in a nest for about twenty years. Some owls live in their nest year after year.


NESTSMost owls

build nests. Snowy owls nests in the open in small hollows. But some owls find already made homes on trees and cliffs. Elf owls find cacti to live in. Spotted long eared owls live in nests made by eagles crows and magpies.


OWL CHICKS

Owl chicks grow quickly. Their parents take great care of them. Their parents give them a constant supply of insects and small animals.

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GROWING FEATHERS

Owl chicks have to be kept warm. Their mother stays close to them until their feathers grow. Barn owls take seven weeks to grow their feathers!


LEAVING THE NEST

When the nest gets crowded chicks spread their wings and hop on to nearby branches. When they are six to eight weeks old, the owlets fly away.


OWLETS

Young owls are paler in color and have different markings than their parents. Young Pels fishing owls stay in the nest for eight months and then leave! Written by

Jonah & Amelia

HEARING

Owls have good hearing. They use sound to catch prey. They hunt in the dark. feathers are arranged to funnel sound toward their ears.


SENSES

Barn owls have one ear hire than the other. Sound reaches one ear first. They can find where sound comes from.


SIGHT

Owls have sharp eye sight. They can see in poor light. Owls eyes cannot move in their sockets. They have to swivel their head and look around.


HUNTING

Owls hunt in different ways. Owls that live in woods and forests sit in the tree tops and watch and listen for their prey. Then they swoop down from their branch and catch their food.

Written by Ethan

PREY Owls swallow their food whole including fur and feathers.

Written by Ethan

PELLETS

Six or seven hours later they cough up a pellet that has these indigestible parts in it. Pellets look like a black sausage. They are about the same size as a thumb.

Written by Ethan

FLYING

Owls are skilled flyers. Owls have broad wings. They can slow their flight so they can swoop down on their prey. Owls can fly quickly. Great horned owls can reach speeds of 60 kilometers an hour.

Written by Alexander

WING FEATHERS

Owls fly silently. They have soft feathers at the edge of their wings. These muffle the sound so they can swoop


MOULTING

Once a year their feathers fall out. They come out two or three at a time because they are damaged or worn out. New ones grow in. This is called moulting.


HABITAT LOSS

Owl are under threat all around the world. People are starting to destroy their habitat. Forests are turned to logs and farm lands.


POISON Owls are getting poisoned by chemicals. Farmers put a spray on their crops to poison animals that try to eat their crops. Rats and mice eat their crops. They get poisoned and then owls eat them. Then the owl gets poisoned and dies.


EGG THIEFS

People are starting to steal owl eggs even though it is illegal. That means owls never hatch. Written by

Jianna and Truth

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OWLS WRITTEN AND CREATED BY ALEXANDER, AMELIA, ETHAN, JIANNA, JONAH, AND TRUTH