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| BARN OWL |
Special Treat Tell me, have you ever seen a face like this? shaped like a heart as pretty as you please likes to hunt especially at night loves to eat before daylight nocturnal and sweet? gives the farmer an extra treat saves him money at the D-con store How could that farmer ask for more? |
The Barn Owl is 14 inches tall and the wing span is 44 inches Large, nocturnal, predatory bird Large, rounded head Pale facial disks with dark frame Tawny and gray upperparts with small black and white spots White underparts with scattered dark spots Sexes ate very similar The barn owl is a Short distance migraner They breed in grassland It has a Cavity nest has 3 to 11 Length of Incubation is 30-34 days 52 to 56 days to fledge One and sometimes two broods per year he eats mostly small mammals expecially rats They are sometimes found in barns and silos. Barn owls in favorable habitats produce large broods once or twice a year. Each young owl as it nears maturity will eat the equivalent of a dozen mice per night if such prey is available. Adult barn owls kill and consume the equivalent of one large rat or gopher per night. Barn owls consume twice as much food for their weight as other owls. While the barn owl is found all over the US, its numbers are particularly high in California and the Southwest. Farmers and ranchers are increasingly attracted to the barn owl's ability to control rodents better than traps, poison, or cats and at no cost. |
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