Australian Tawny Frogmouth Owls
Wise owls want us all to know that we do not need to be worried, fearful, or anxious . . . because everything will be owlright . . .
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Each evening, bird enthusiast Dave stood in his backyard, hooting like an owl. One night, an owl finally called back to him. For a year, the man and his feathered friend hooted back and forth. He even kept a log of their ‘conversations.’ Just as he thought he was on the verge of a breakthrough in interspecies communication, his wife had a chat with her next-door neighbor. “My husband spends his nights calling out to owls,” she said. “That’s odd,” her neighbor replied. “So does my husband!”
At present, there are 198 different species of owls confirmed to be living on Earth. However, there are possibly more than 250 species, as wildlife biologists and other scientists try to work out an accurate definition of the word ‘species’ and as they continue to study owls around the world.
Vance: What does an owl need after a bath?
Vincente: A t-owl.
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Owls Facts
- An adult male owl is called a cock or simply an owl.
- An adult female owl is called a hen.
- A young owl is called an owlet, a chick, or a fledgling.
- The plural of owl is owls.
- A group of owls is called a family, a parliament, a stare, or a wisdom.
- The sounds made by owls are called barks, growls, hisses, hoots, rattles, screams, screeches, shrieks, wails, and whistles.
- Owls are birds that have large eyes, flat faces, and curved beaks.
- Owls are nocturnal, meaning that they are most active at night.
- Owls are found everywhere on Earth except for Antarctica, Greenland, and a small number of islands in extremely cold areas.
Olaf: What do you get if you cross a cat and an owl?
Philo: Meowls.
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Oswald: What do you call an owl with a deep voice?
Waldo: A growl.
Owls have circles of radiating feathers surrounding their eyes, giving them a very alert look.
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Emma: What does a well-educated owl say?
Emmet: “Whom, whom.”
A Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard:
Why can’t we all be like that bird?
by Edward H. Richards (Edward Hersey Richards (1874 - 1957))
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Owls are animals with binocular vision, binaural hearing, and strong gripping talons.
“If you hear an owl hoot, ‘To whom,’ instead of, ‘To who,’ you can be sure he was born and educated in Boston.” -Author Unknown
Owls have large eyes that face forward, while most other birds have eyes on the sides of their heads. This eye arrangement results in binocular vision with precise depth perception. Their eyeballs are tubular in shape, and because of this, owls cannot move their eyes from side to side, so instead, they turn their heads, as much as 270 degrees (135 degrees to either side), to follow moving objects. Owls are far-sighted, meaning that they cannot clearly see objects that are close to their eyes, but that is fine, because what owls mostly focus on are small animals that are at a far distance, often well below them on the ground, mostly at night, and their eyes allow them to see such objects quite clearly.
Gil: What is an owl’s favorite kind of math?
Bert: Owlgebra.
Owls see mostly in black and white, although they can see the color blue, and in fact, they are the only birds that can see the color blue.
Fern: Why did the owl sit in the tree not saying anything?
Fran: Because she didn’t give a hoot.
Owls have the most highly developed sense of hearing of all birds. Their binaural hearing allows them to know precisely the direction and origin of sounds, such as the nearly imperceptible rustling sounds of grass or leaves that reveal a mouse’s movements and location.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Owls say.
Owls say, who?
Yes, they do!
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Owls are quieter than a whisper in flight. In fact, owls are quieter in flight than any other birds of prey.
Maggie: What do you call an owl escapologist?
Reggie: A real Hoodini.
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The color of owls’ feathers helps them blend into their environment, or surroundings. This type of concealing color pattern is called ‘camouflage.’
Al: What do you get when you cross a thousand screech owls with a thousand roosters?
Fred: A really big headache first thing in the morning!
Common Owls
- Barn owls
- Hoot owls
- Owl be right back.
- Owl see you in a while.
- Screech owls
- Spotted owls
- Tufted owls
- Woodsy Owl
Woodsy Owl says, “Give a hoot - don’t pollute!”
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Owls have powerful talons, or curved claws, on their toes. On each of their feet, they have two toes facing forward and two toes facing backward, giving them the ability to grab onto small animals and fly away with them.
Elma: Why was the owl dressed in shining armor?
Elmer: He was a knight owl.
Imagine yourself as an owl. You are perched on a tree branch, waiting for your next meal. Far below you, along it comes, a small fury mouse, making its way through the grass in search of seeds. You launch yourself silently into the air, and swoop down toward your prey, glide around in a curve that takes you right behind it, and you snatch the unsuspecting mouse in your talons, and then, with the mouse in your grasp, you flap your wings and make your way back up into the tree.
Judy: Somebody said you sound like an owl.
Judith: Who, who?
How now, screech owl?
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Owls are carnivores, or animals that eat animals. Most owls are nocturnal and hunt their prey, or animals that they intend to eat, at night. They have a keen sense of sight that allows them to find prey in the dark. They have an acute sense of hearing, which also helps in finding food. Owls are stealth hunters; their feather colors blend in with their surroundings, and they can easily sneak up on their prey, because their fluffy feathers give them almost silent flight. Owls hunt and eat birds, crabs, earthworms, fish, frogs, insects, mice, reptiles, shrews, snails, snakes, spiders, toads, voles, and other small animals. Some owls eat fish. Great horned owls are the only animals that eat skunks.
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Pamela: What does the cybernetic owl from the future say?
Amelia: “Owl be back!”
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Each evening, bird enthusiast Dave stood in his backyard, hooting like an owl. One night, an owl finally called back to him. For a year, the man and his feathered friend hooted back and forth. He even kept a log of their ‘conversations.’ Just as he thought he was on the verge of a breakthrough in interspecies communication, his wife had a chat with her next-door neighbor. “My husband spends his nights calling out to owls,” she said. “That’s odd,” her neighbor replied. “So does my husband!”
At present, there are 198 different species of owls confirmed to be living on Earth. However, there are possibly more than 250 species, as wildlife biologists and other scientists try to work out an accurate definition of the word ‘species’ and as they continue to study owls around the world.
Vance: What does an owl need after a bath?
Vincente: A t-owl.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Personal Cleanliness and Hygiene” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Owls Facts
- An adult male owl is called a cock or simply an owl.
- An adult female owl is called a hen.
- A young owl is called an owlet, a chick, or a fledgling.
- The plural of owl is owls.
- A group of owls is called a family, a parliament, a stare, or a wisdom.
- The sounds made by owls are called barks, growls, hisses, hoots, rattles, screams, screeches, shrieks, wails, and whistles.
- Owls are birds that have large eyes, flat faces, and curved beaks.
- Owls are nocturnal, meaning that they are most active at night.
- Owls are found everywhere on Earth except for Antarctica, Greenland, and a small number of islands in extremely cold areas.
Olaf: What do you get if you cross a cat and an owl?
Philo: Meowls.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Domestic Cats” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Oswald: What do you call an owl with a deep voice?
Waldo: A growl.
Owls have circles of radiating feathers surrounding their eyes, giving them a very alert look.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Appearances and Looks” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Emma: What does a well-educated owl say?
Emmet: “Whom, whom.”
A Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard:
Why can’t we all be like that bird?
by Edward H. Richards (Edward Hersey Richards (1874 - 1957))
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Wisdom and Advice” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Owls are animals with binocular vision, binaural hearing, and strong gripping talons.
“If you hear an owl hoot, ‘To whom,’ instead of, ‘To who,’ you can be sure he was born and educated in Boston.” -Author Unknown
Owls have large eyes that face forward, while most other birds have eyes on the sides of their heads. This eye arrangement results in binocular vision with precise depth perception. Their eyeballs are tubular in shape, and because of this, owls cannot move their eyes from side to side, so instead, they turn their heads, as much as 270 degrees (135 degrees to either side), to follow moving objects. Owls are far-sighted, meaning that they cannot clearly see objects that are close to their eyes, but that is fine, because what owls mostly focus on are small animals that are at a far distance, often well below them on the ground, mostly at night, and their eyes allow them to see such objects quite clearly.
Gil: What is an owl’s favorite kind of math?
Bert: Owlgebra.
Owls see mostly in black and white, although they can see the color blue, and in fact, they are the only birds that can see the color blue.
Fern: Why did the owl sit in the tree not saying anything?
Fran: Because she didn’t give a hoot.
Owls have the most highly developed sense of hearing of all birds. Their binaural hearing allows them to know precisely the direction and origin of sounds, such as the nearly imperceptible rustling sounds of grass or leaves that reveal a mouse’s movements and location.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Owls say.
Owls say, who?
Yes, they do!
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Knock-Knock Jokes” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Owls are quieter than a whisper in flight. In fact, owls are quieter in flight than any other birds of prey.
Maggie: What do you call an owl escapologist?
Reggie: A real Hoodini.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Magic” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
The color of owls’ feathers helps them blend into their environment, or surroundings. This type of concealing color pattern is called ‘camouflage.’
Al: What do you get when you cross a thousand screech owls with a thousand roosters?
Fred: A really big headache first thing in the morning!
Common Owls
- Barn owls
- Hoot owls
- Owl be right back.
- Owl see you in a while.
- Screech owls
- Spotted owls
- Tufted owls
- Woodsy Owl
Woodsy Owl says, “Give a hoot - don’t pollute!”
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Environmentalism and Animal Rights” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Owls have powerful talons, or curved claws, on their toes. On each of their feet, they have two toes facing forward and two toes facing backward, giving them the ability to grab onto small animals and fly away with them.
Elma: Why was the owl dressed in shining armor?
Elmer: He was a knight owl.
Imagine yourself as an owl. You are perched on a tree branch, waiting for your next meal. Far below you, along it comes, a small fury mouse, making its way through the grass in search of seeds. You launch yourself silently into the air, and swoop down toward your prey, glide around in a curve that takes you right behind it, and you snatch the unsuspecting mouse in your talons, and then, with the mouse in your grasp, you flap your wings and make your way back up into the tree.
Judy: Somebody said you sound like an owl.
Judith: Who, who?
How now, screech owl?
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Nonsense” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Owls are carnivores, or animals that eat animals. Most owls are nocturnal and hunt their prey, or animals that they intend to eat, at night. They have a keen sense of sight that allows them to find prey in the dark. They have an acute sense of hearing, which also helps in finding food. Owls are stealth hunters; their feather colors blend in with their surroundings, and they can easily sneak up on their prey, because their fluffy feathers give them almost silent flight. Owls hunt and eat birds, crabs, earthworms, fish, frogs, insects, mice, reptiles, shrews, snails, snakes, spiders, toads, voles, and other small animals. Some owls eat fish. Great horned owls are the only animals that eat skunks.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Animals and Animal Natures” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Pamela: What does the cybernetic owl from the future say?
Amelia: “Owl be back!”
Owls inhabit, or live in, a variety of ecological niches around the world, from rain forests to tundra to deserts. Most owls do not build their own nests, but instead, use the abandoned nests and burrows of other animals, or they nest in crevices in rocks. Barn owls often live near humans so they can nest in buildings. Burrowing owls, also known as ground owls, are different from other owls because they live in burrows they dig themselves, in the ground, and unlike many other species of owls, burrowing owls tend to be active during the daytime rather than at night.
Burrowing Owl.
Polly: What do you get when you cross an owl with an oyster?
Anna: Pearls of wisdom.
Owls are at the top of the food web or chain, so they have no major predators, or animals that hunt and eat them. Because they do not have to be concerned about being on the menus of other animals, they have time for doing others thing - let’s go ask them exactly what they do with all that extra free time. Maybe they perch in places from which they have a good view and practice hooting.
Anna: Pearls of wisdom.
Owls are at the top of the food web or chain, so they have no major predators, or animals that hunt and eat them. Because they do not have to be concerned about being on the menus of other animals, they have time for doing others thing - let’s go ask them exactly what they do with all that extra free time. Maybe they perch in places from which they have a good view and practice hooting.
These owls hold the post of Guardians of the Woods.
Who?! Who?!
Inquiring owls will want to know
Who you are, and your intentions
If ever into their home woods you
Would dare to glance or to venture.
by David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Who.
Who, who?
Did you hear an owl just now?
How big are owls? Owls vary in size. The smallest owls are the Elf Owls, which are about 16 centimeters (6.1 inches) long, have a wingspan of 38 centimeters (15 inches), and weigh about 4 grams (1.5 ounces). Great Gray Owls are about 84 centimeters (33 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 152 centimeters (5 feet), and weigh about 1,450 grams (3 pounds). Eurasian Eagle Owls, which are about 71 centimeters (28 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 160 centimeters (5.2 feet), and weigh up to 4,200 grams (9.8 pounds), and the Great Horned Owls, which are about 63 centimeters (25 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 152 centimeters (5 feet), and weigh about 1,800 grams (4 pounds).
Night owl: A person who is active at night. For example, some bakers are night owls; they stay awake all night baking bread, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, and other foods so they can deliver freshly baked goods to customers each morning.
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Owls have been found in fossils of about 58 million years of age. The largest recorded owl fossil, belonging to the species scientifically named Orinmegalonyx oteroi, stood about three feet tall.
Mr. Owl
Said Mr. Owl,
Sitting in a tree,
“How would you like
To be like me?
I sleep all day
In the bright sunlight,
And look for my dinner
In the middle of the night!”
by Author Unknown
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Who?! Who?!
Inquiring owls will want to know
Who you are, and your intentions
If ever into their home woods you
Would dare to glance or to venture.
by David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Beaumont’s Bits.
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Who.
Who, who?
Did you hear an owl just now?
How big are owls? Owls vary in size. The smallest owls are the Elf Owls, which are about 16 centimeters (6.1 inches) long, have a wingspan of 38 centimeters (15 inches), and weigh about 4 grams (1.5 ounces). Great Gray Owls are about 84 centimeters (33 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 152 centimeters (5 feet), and weigh about 1,450 grams (3 pounds). Eurasian Eagle Owls, which are about 71 centimeters (28 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 160 centimeters (5.2 feet), and weigh up to 4,200 grams (9.8 pounds), and the Great Horned Owls, which are about 63 centimeters (25 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 152 centimeters (5 feet), and weigh about 1,800 grams (4 pounds).
Night owl: A person who is active at night. For example, some bakers are night owls; they stay awake all night baking bread, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, and other foods so they can deliver freshly baked goods to customers each morning.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Differences and Individuality” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Owls have been found in fossils of about 58 million years of age. The largest recorded owl fossil, belonging to the species scientifically named Orinmegalonyx oteroi, stood about three feet tall.
Mr. Owl
Said Mr. Owl,
Sitting in a tree,
“How would you like
To be like me?
I sleep all day
In the bright sunlight,
And look for my dinner
In the middle of the night!”
by Author Unknown
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Though often unseen and unheard by humans, stealthy owls rule the night sky over their territories.
Felix: Why did the owl invite his friends over to his tree?
Festus: He didn’t want to be ‘owl by himself.’
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Barn owls and other species of owls are helpful to farmers because a single owl can eat as many as 1,000 mice in a year. Mice are undesirable to farmers because they eat farm crops and spoil stored foods.
A picture of an owl was used to represent the sound of the letter ‘m’ in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, or pictorial writings, which was their version of what we now call the alphabet.
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In Canada, the Great Horned Owl is the province bird of Alberta, the Great Grey Owl is the province bird of Manitoba, and the Snowy Owl is the province bird of Quebec. The birds have been appointed to these official positions, which carry the important responsibility of helping to reduce the pest and rodent populations in the provinces.
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There was an old man of Dumbree,
Who taught little owls to drink tea;
For he said, “To eat mice
Is not proper or nice,”
That amiable man of Dumbree.
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
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Owl jokes are a real hoot, so we will add more as time goes by, for you and all of your owl friends. Further humor, inspiration, and learning follows . . . on MFOL!
Festus: He didn’t want to be ‘owl by himself.’
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Loneliness and Solitude” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Barn owls and other species of owls are helpful to farmers because a single owl can eat as many as 1,000 mice in a year. Mice are undesirable to farmers because they eat farm crops and spoil stored foods.
A picture of an owl was used to represent the sound of the letter ‘m’ in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, or pictorial writings, which was their version of what we now call the alphabet.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about the Alphabet and Letters” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
In Canada, the Great Horned Owl is the province bird of Alberta, the Great Grey Owl is the province bird of Manitoba, and the Snowy Owl is the province bird of Quebec. The birds have been appointed to these official positions, which carry the important responsibility of helping to reduce the pest and rodent populations in the provinces.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Canada” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
There was an old man of Dumbree,
Who taught little owls to drink tea;
For he said, “To eat mice
Is not proper or nice,”
That amiable man of Dumbree.
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Limericks” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Owl jokes are a real hoot, so we will add more as time goes by, for you and all of your owl friends. Further humor, inspiration, and learning follows . . . on MFOL!
