![]() ![]() Another story that we tell is the legend of la lechuza. On the Web site search engine, type in Comanche Burrowing Owl Tale to read that story. One of those stories is on the Sibley Web site. The female will eat the heads of the prey and tear the rest apart to feed the young, so the young will not choke on the thicker bones of the skull.ĭuring another part of the program we tell folktales about owls. Researchers believe the reason for this is that the males might eat the young. Only the female great horned and barn owls physically feed their young although the male also catches prey for the young. ![]() The bigger owls often have favorite "eating perches" where they bring their prey of mice and rats. Often several dozen burrowing owls live in one prairie dog town, so they have to disperse over a greater area to locate their prey of grasshoppers, beetles and a few birds. Our resident barn and great horned owls have smaller ranges than our burrowing owls. Their ears are asymmetrical in their placement on the head, so they can hear more accurately, and their face has discs around the eyes and ears to help focus the sound. Their wings offer more resistance to the air as they are flapped, so the owls do not have to beat their wings as fast and thereby are able to fly much more silently than hawks or ravens of similar size. Owl wing feathers have many more barbels (the "hair" of a feather). Another segment of the program includes discussing the physical adaptations of owls that aid in their nocturnal hunting forays.
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