Bird ID Answer: Barn Owl
on June 10, 2020
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If you participated in our little bird identification quiz yesterday… here is the answer. The image we posted was of a baby barn owl. Its heart shaped face was a give away. This shape acts as a “satellite-dish” funneling the sounds–helping them to locate food, which usually consists of small mammals (rats, mice, voles, etc.) that they can find in complete darkness. Barn owls usually have a clutch size of 2-18 eggs, which incubate for 29-34 days in a nest … Read More
