OWLS!

• Owls are nocturnal
• They hunt at night
• They see well in the dark

SPECIAL FEATURES!

• Eyes
• Claws
• Hearing
• Feathers

OWL EYES!

• Very big
• See every bit of light
• Color blind
• Packed with rods
• Fixed in sockets

OWL HEADS!

• Their heads turn
• Turns 270 degrees
• Can see behind them
• Or over their shoulder

OWL EARS!

• They are inside skull
• One is higher than the other
• Binaural hearing
• Sound arrives at different times

OWL CLAWS!

OWL FEATHERS!

• They go all the way down their legs
• Their prey can't bite or scratch
• Fringed feathers
• Helps to fly quietly

AFTER THREE WEEKS,

OWL FOOD!

• Swallow whole
• Fur and bones aren't digested
• They're regurgitated
• After, they're called owl pellets

BARN OWLS!

OWL BABIES!

• They lay eggs
• Two day intervals
• Lightens the feeding burden
• Don't have feed them all at once

OWLETS!

• After nine weeks
• They need to go find a territory
• They need to go to find food
• Not enough prey in that territory

OWLS LIVES