Silent and deadly, barn owls become farmers’ best friends in California pest control
A male barn owl keeps watch out of a barn owl box from The Owl Box Company in Madera. The birds serve as a solution for ...
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An owl’s ‘shocking’ color should hinder hunting. Scientists may have figured out why it works
Flying slowly and silently through the night ... Unlike the snowy owl, the barn owl lives at latitudes where it doesn’t regularly snow. The barn owl’s paradoxically bright plumage baffled ...
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Spectator on fatalism and realism
I use the words 'fate' and 'destiny' with the same nervous caution I use 'brilliant'. Still, when I saw the barn owl flying low on the Walsham Road, leading me all the way home, I thought it was a ...
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Silent and deadly, barn owls become farmers’ best friends in California pest control
Flying silently through Nick Davis’ almond orchard, a barn owl swoops through the blossoming trees, listening for the slightest rustling of what could be its next meal. With one-inch talons and ...