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Funny Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia tilts its head outside its burrow on Marco Island, Florida

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.

Spotted Owlet staring at camera.

Smart looking nosy burrowing owl with big eyes looking into the camera. Focused on eyes and beak. Blurred brown background and landscape format.

an Owl rests on a branch in Madera Canyon, Arizona

Burrowing Owl Perching On Field

Safari in Tsavo East, Tsavo West, Amboseli and Masai Mara National Park (Kenya) - Wild Animals

Verreaux's eagle-owl (Giant Eagle Owl) Reuse ooruil, (Ketupa lactea) at Twee Rivieren in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari

Owl IN captured

$The camouflage and concealment strategies of various animal species have been widely studied, but scientists from Exeter and Cambridge universities have discovered that individual wild birds adjust their choices of where to nest based on their specific patterns and colours.\$

Verreaux's eagle-owl (Ketupa lactea), also commonly known as the milky eagle owl or giant eagle owl in the Netherlands

Siberian Eagle Owl close up with nature background.

birds survive and exist in the harsh conditions of Southern Africa.

owl close-up portrait

An enormous, grayish owl with dark stripes framing the face. It has a pale,-horn-colored beak and large, dark eyes that are set off by weird and diagnostic fleshy-pink eyelids. Occurs from arid savanna to mesic woodland to riverine forest; prefers areas with some tall trees for breeding and roosting. Hunts medium-sized mammals; has been known to kill competitors, such as Pel’s Fishing-Owl. Its call, a deep guttural grunting “unngh-unngh”, is diagnostic.

A Spotted Eagle-owl in flight at sunrise with wonderful background in Tarangire National Park – Tanzania

A rock eagle owl swoops down with its talons stretched out.

burrowing owl

Owl face close-up. Sqare.

The Bengal eagle-owl, also widely known as the Indian eagle-owl or rock eagle-owl, is a large horned owl species native to hilly and rocky scrub forests in the Indian Subcontinent. It is splashed with

an owl searches for prey from a tree branch in Lake Manyara national park, Tanzania

A Tawny Owl perching on a tree trunk in woodland scenic

Owl

Close-up photo of a Verreaux's or Milky Owl in Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Daytime front view close-up of a single majestic Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo Bubo) with spread wings upwards taking off from a bark towards, and looking at, the camera - sky and trees in the background [series 1/3]

The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, with yellow eyes, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America.

Owl staring at camera

bounded little owl

View of the small owl on the meadow with view of the mountains in Serengeti National park, Tanzania

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