1. OWLS in Utah Barn Owl UP Flammulated Owl US Western Screech-Owl UP
Great Horned Owl CP
Snowy Owl # A
Northern Pygmy-Owl UP
Elf Owl # *A
Burrowing Owl US,RW
Spotted Owl RP
Great Gray Owl # A
Long-eared Owl UP
Short-eared Owl UP
Boreal Owl # O
Northern Saw-whet Owl UP

2. Barn Owls

3. Habitats Found throughout the world
Open country such as pastures, fields and prairies

4. Characteristics
Diet: small mammals such as rats, voles, mice, shrews, and large insects, lizards and sparrows.
Nocturnal

5. Nesting Early spring and fall but can nest year round.
Nest in barns, silos, eaves of houses, firetowers, chimneys, nest-boxes.
One to thirteen
eggs per nest,
usually 5-8.

6. Young Need 6-10 weeks to develop
If they make it past the first two years they usually live about 7-8 years.

7. Adaptations Hunt at night using sight and sound
Ear holes behind each eye. Feathers act as funnel for sound.
Swallow prey whole

8. Very quiet when flying

9. Owl Pellets
Owls do not have teeth, so they cannot chew bones of their prey to digest it, so they must spit the bones out
Stomach muscles press hair of prey around bones so that they do not get caught in the owl’s throat
Ball of hair is called a pellet