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Side view of beautiful Eagle owl close up.

Closeup of a Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)

Great grey owl or great gray owl, strix nebulosa.

Beautiful face and plumage of a tawny owl in British woodland

$Taxon name: Powerful Owl (juvenile)\nTaxon scientific name: Ninox strenua\nLocation: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia$

$The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl, winged tiger\$

The Eurasian eagle-owl wild bird (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia.

Red-shouldered hawk is looking for a prey in his natural environment.

A closeup of the Eurasian eagle-owl flying against dark background. Bubo bubo.

Close-up of Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) perched on a tree branch, UK.

This large owl with the distinctive face, large forward-facing eyes, horns and deep resonant call is associated with a number of superstitions. Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen. Their deep haunting calls if delivered from atop a house are considered to forebode the death of an occupant. A number of rituals involving the capture and killing of these birds have been recorded. Salim Ali notes a wide range of superstitions related to them but notes two as being particularly widespread. One is that if the bird is starved for a few days and beaten, it would speak like a human, predicting the future of the tormentor or bringing them wealth while the other involves the killing of the bird to find a lucky bone that moved against the current like a snake when dropped into a stream.Belief in these superstitions has led to the persecution of the species in many areas by tribal hunters. The capture of these birds is illegal under Indian law but an underground market continues to drive poaching.

The Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus), also known as the Northern Long-Eared Owl, the Lesser Horned Owl, or Cat Owl

$L 59-73cm, WS 138-170cm.\nResident in mountains an forests, preferring areas with rocks, steep cliffs and mature trees (preferably conifers); often in rocky archipelagos. Scattered distribution, generally rare and local.\nNocturnal and partly crepuscular. Day roost in dense mature spruces or firs, or in cave or crevice.\nFood mammals (voles, rats, hedgehogs, hares) and birds (corvids, gulls, wildfowl).\nNests on inaccessible cliff-edge or less often on the ground by rock, uprooted tree or among boulders, exceptionally in abandoned raptor’s nest or n barn, abandoned factory, etc.\nIn spite of its size and its impressive claws is by and large a non-violent and retiring owl near its nest, and aggressive behaviour toward humans is rare.\n\nThis is a scarce owl in the eastern and Southern part of the Netherlands and is mostly breeding in abandoned Quarries.\n\nThis Picture is made at a Birds of Prey Farm near Lunteren (Gelderland, the Netherlands).$

A Spotted Eagle Owl perches on a wooden stump

The tawny owl during flight. Strix aluco.

Little owl close-up portrait. British Wildlife Centre, Lingfield. They undertake rescue and breeding programmes for release into the wild.

Portrait of a Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) with a green background in Noord Brabant in the Netherlands

Close up of a Eurasian Eagle Owl against a dark background.

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