By: Hope Athene cunicularia A.K.A

Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh including other birds.talonsbeaks They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially visionbirds Birds of prey, or raptors, are meat eaters and use their feet, instead of their beak, to capture prey. They have exceptionally good vision, a sharp, hooked beak, and powerful feet with curved, sharp talons. WHAT MAKES A BIRD OF PRAY A BIRD OF PRAY

They have what looks like white eyebrows Brownish white feathers Long legs Bright yellow eyes 7 1/2”-10” 21” wingspan 6 ounces WHAT THE BURROWING OWL LOOKS LIKE

They live underground in burrows that have been dug out by small mammals like ground squirrels and prairie dogs They are found all the way from Canada to Brazil They burrow on fence posts and trees WHERE THEY LIVE

Small mammals Insects Reptiles Amphibians Small birds they gather food for their large broods BURROWING OWLS DIET

Early spring Gestation 28 days 3-12 eggs The chicks can fly at 6 weeks The young owls begin appearing at the burrow’s entrance two weeks after hatching and leave the nest to hunt for insects on their own after about 45 days. BURROWING OWL REPRODUCTION young will make a snake hissing sound

callvideo BURROWING OWLS CALL AND BEHAVIOR

 It caches their pray with its feet  Long legs  mammal dung, usually from cattle  Hearing and vision are extremely acute although they are nearly color blind and have no eye-movement  hunts by walking, hopping, or running along the ground WHAT MAKES A BURROWING OWL A BIRD OF PRAY

 DDT's insecticidal properties were not discovered until 1939\  second half of World War II to control malaria and typhus  First synthesized in 1874  Paul Hermann Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT DDT

 less than 10,000 breeding pairs  Endangered  land is used for farming, roads, homes HOW MY BIRD IS DOING IN THE WORLD

 habitat destruction  Land development  agricultural development  pesticides  horned owls, hawks, foxes, badgers and even domestic pets THREATS

 bob their heads to express excitement or distress.  the dung attracts dung beetles, which the owl then captures and eats OTHER FACTS

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