Tawny Owl

 

The Life of Animals | Tawny Owl | The Tawny Owl is a robust bird, 37-46 cm (15-18 inches) long, with a 80-105 cm (32-41 in) wingspan. The big round head lacking ear tufts and facial disk surrounding dark brown eyes usually quite obvious. The race morph two names that differ in the color of its plumage, a form of rufous brown back and the other brown, although intermediates occur. The owl flies with long glides on rounded wings, less hilly and flutters unless other owls Eurasia, and usually at higher elevations. Like most owls, is let her escape because soft their primary feathers, furry and bumps on the leading edge of the outer primaries of the size, shape and broad wings chubby distinguish it from other owls in their scope, are gray Grande, Eagle and Ural owls are similar in shape, but much larger. An owl eyes are positioned in front of the head and have an overlapping range of 50-70%, which makes it better daylight binocular vision (30-50% coverage).

The experimental basis for this statement is probably wrong, at least a factor of 10 Owl actual visual acuity is only slightly greater than that of the human, and any increase in sensitivity due to optical factors that large retinal sensitivity and human owl, the resolution limit of the terrestrial vertebrate retina Adjustments night vision, including the size of the eye of the tube shape, a large number of closely packed rods of the retina, and an absence of cone cells are superior rod cells because photosensitivity. In contrast to birds of prey, owls is usually only a foveal daily, and that undeveloped except diurnal hunters like the short-eared owl. Hearing is important for a nocturnal bird of prey, and like other owls, tawny differ in structure and two ear openings are asymmetrically positioned improve directional hearing. The opening of the left ear is better higher in the head of the right ear and down steep inclines sensitivity to sounds below.

To hear the most common contact call is a shrill, kew-wick, but the male has a vibrant advertising song hoo ho, ho, hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo. William Shakespeare used this song owl Lost Love's Labour (Act 5, Scene 2) as a "night owl looking Utter, tu-whit, tu-, a cheerful note, while Joan doth greasy keel the pot" is, but this stereotype actually a duet with his wife kew-wick sound, and the male responding hooo. A man meets a broadcast song seems an indicator of his health and strength owls with high blood parasites consume less high frequencies and a limited number of frequencies in their responses to an apparent intruder. The tawny owl has.

The tawny owl is a geographical reach of 10 million square kilometers (3.8 million square kilometers) and a large population, including an estimated 970,000 to 2,000,000 people in Europe alone. This species has., A large number of prisoners, especially forest rodents, but other mammals up to the size of a rabbit, birds, worms and bugs In urban areas, the birds are a large part of the diet, and species as unlikely as Mallard and Kittiwake killed and eaten. Forest owls less potent than the owl and the owl is not normally associated with strong red color, which can be taken as a food and in different habitats in Ireland, was the lack of Tawny owl to be dominant. Even if the owl has moved to urban areas, tends to suppress their breeding owls traditional buildings

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Snowy Owl

  
The Life of Animals | Snowy Owl | This yellow-eyed, black billed white bird is easily recognizable. Also, these birds can weigh anywhere from 1.6 to 3 kilograms (3.5 to 6.6 lb). It is one of the largest species of owl in North America and is on average the heaviest owl species. The adult male is virtually pure white, but Females and young birds have some dark scalloping; the young are Heavily barred, and dark spotting may even predominate. Its thick plumage, Feathered Heavily taloned feet, and coloration render the Snowy Owl well-adapted for life north of the Arctic Circle.  Snowy Owl calls are varied, but the alarm call is a barking, almost quacking crick-crick; the female also has a softer mewling pyee pyee-or-Prek Prek.

This powerful bird relies primarily on lemmings and other small rodents for food during the breeding season, but at times of low prey density, or Ptarmigan during the nesting period, They may switch to favoring juvenile Ptarmigan.  Some of the larger mammal prey includes Hares, muskrats, marmots, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, prairie dogs, rats, moles, and entrapped furbearers. Birds preyed upon include Ptarmigan, grouse other ducks, geese, shorebirds, Pheasants, grouse, Coots, grebes, Gulls, songbirds, raptors and other events, Including other owl species. Snowy Owls are also known to eat fish and carrion.

Snowy Owls, like many other birds, swallow small prey Their whole. Biologists frequently examine these pellets to determine the quantity and types of prey the birds have eaten. When large prey are eaten in small pieces, pellets will not be produced. During the nesting season, the Owls regularly defend against arctic foxes Their nests, corvids and swift flying jaegers as well as dogs, gray wolves and avian predators. Both sexes attack approaching predators, dive-bombing them and Engaging in distraction displays to draw the predator away from a nest.  Some species nesting near snowy owl nests, Such as the snow goose, seem to benefit from the protection of snowy owls That drive competing predators out of the area.

Tyto Alba

The Life of Animals | Tyto Alba | It turned out that the owl also has a very important role for world agriculture. One of the main meal several types of owls are the rats, while rats are one of the organisms Pest Plants / important agricultural pest that can cause severe damage. In one night alone the damage caused by rodents attack could reach tens of hectares in one area so the mouse is the most dreaded pests by farmers. In addition, rats and 'brother' like the wild boar that usually when attacking the rice field / fields come clustered in groups which each have a leader, generally has a mythical status in rural farming communities, there is a 'caring', there the 'send' and the various allegations against the attacks that occurred rats. In some places in West Java as mystical properties, many residents are reluctant to give his name explicitly, but simply as 'pests' or 'the monyong' even among the Java community there is the term 'good den' for these mice. Various types and methods are used to cope with this pest from the sensible to the 'odd'.

Generally, the farmers do in the 'fight' with the captured mouse is a rollicking, rat hole smoked with sulfur fumes, using dogs trained to hunt rats, giving poisoned bait, fenced fields with plastic, set traps and which are not uncommon among by surrounding rice fields at night while practicing specific reading or doing the show 'ritual' in the field followed by spreading oil on the rice field zaparon until some are deceived by the merchants used oil by mixing poison into the used oil and then poured into water fields so toxic oil is attached to the fur of rats and mice to lick his fur would be poisoned, it's just that unfortunately died of rat poison in addition, rice plants are also many who die, too contaminated used oil. Success through unconventional handling of such diligent and spread around the oil fields were analyzed in a rational zaparon if indeed possible, too, because if the field is often visited by people causing the mice were reluctant to enter because of human scent on the spot, and so if there is any possibility zaparon oil odor mice do not like it, so avoid the place. The combination of the two ways that are inexpensive and can easily among humans by spraying urine into the fields (especially before eating jengkol already) and it's been well done, the result fields are sprayed with urine humans survived while the paddy fields around it quite badly hit by the attack of rats. Another way that ever there is also a practice that is by spraying water from soaking into the fields of dead mice and the results are quite helpful also in repel mice.

For farming communities as well as creative fikirnya pattern is more advanced and also care about the environment, these mice attack becomes an additional source of income. They menangkarkan fields so benign because snakes maintained since childhood and then 'merentalkannya' to catch mice. Areas affected fields rat attacks sheets lined with plastic and then the snakes are released theirs fields for several days in the fields that have been fenced off and let the snake was 'partying' the mice enjoy fresh for several days until the attack subsides rats. If the mouse has a weight of mystical, the snake let alone the higher weights mystical. Response of mice that are also very rational, environmentally friendly and effective way is to use the owl tyto alba species that is widely available in various regions in Indonesia. But unfortunately the mystical view is also still attached to the presence of these birds tyto alba Sunda area called 'koreak'. When you hear the sound of birds there are some people who still seek him out on the grounds that if there are bird sounds spooky, horror, usually a sign there will be a dead world, which means the bird is thrown out to avoid so that no one died on the ground or not so dead world . The logic is strange indeed But when you think there is truth in this allegation because usually there will soon be the monyong who died in that place because Bung Alba dined every night to eat to survive, if not the monyong then had passed away there was fish in the pond.

 Alba kept it for a while can be placed in a wire cage large enough and in it provided pagupon (pigeon cage) until Bung Alba is accustomed to during the day inside this pagupon. During this maintenance should Bung Alba fed rats or when it is difficult to catch can be fed with fish or chicken heads that can be bought quite cheaply on the market (1 kg between 6000-10000) and enough for about 2 weeks for a tail Bung Alba. When you are familiar with the 'house', man it can be moved by Alba paguponnya pesawahan to areas affected by the attack of rats. Pagupon can be placed on trees or by making the pole and kept in a pretty shady place so the Bung Alba on the day did not become hot because of heat and can feel at home. In their own fields provided 'hangout' Bung Alba at night a few pole-shaped 'T' that is designed higher than the rice plants. Bung Alba can also be lodged in the roof of the house so should people's homes or public buildings such as mosques, village offices, schools and other near pesawahan provides entrance to the roof from outside to share this place with Bung Alba, the stakes after a sufficiently long so little odor rancid if rarely cleaned the place as 'home' Bung Alba is.