OWL PRESENTATION

OWLS ARE NOCTURNAL

• Nocturnal means that it only comes out at night or its active at night
• Ex: owls come out at night to hunt for food

CATCHING PREY

• Owls have really good sight at night
• Owls can hear really well because their ears are not level
• Owls have really strong feet and sharp talons to catch their prey
• Owls have a very powerful flight
• Owls feathers are soft so they can not be heard while catching prey

HAVING BIG EYES

HAVING BIG EYES

• Owls have big eyes, it helps them see every little light there is
• They have a lot of rods in there eyes which makes them see B&W
• They don't have much muscle in their eyes

OWLS EYES

• Owls do not contain cones
• They can only see in black and white
• But it does have three dimensional visions

HOW DO OWLS REMAIN FIXED

• They cannot move their eyes up and down or side to side like humans.
• To compensate for lack of eye movement they can rotate their heads 270 degrees.

HOW DO OWLS HEAR

• Highly developed auditory hearing system.
• Opening has a valve called an operculumn covering it. The opening varies from a small round aperture to an oblong slit with a large operculumn.
• Ears are lopsided.

OWLS CLAWS

• Owls claws are called talons
• Their claws are long, sharp and curved

OWLS FEATHERS

• The feathers on its legs keeps it safe from its preys bites
• The owls feathers are fringed, it keeps then safe when they fly
• Owls are also very quiet when they fly

WHEN DO OWLS START EATING?

• Baby owls start swallowing there prey full at 3 weeks
• Barn baby owls feed on rats, insects and little birds

OWL PELLETS

• Owl pellets are organisms that owls have eatin
• In most owl pellets are bones and fur
• A owl produces 4 pellets a day

COOL FACTS ABOUT OWLS

• Owls only lay on their eggs at once
• Barn owls live to any existent, it just depends on their habitat
• Baby owls need to leave the nest right away