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Martin Joe Laurello (born Martin Emmerling, 1885-1955), also known by the stage names Human Owl and Bobby the Boy with the Revolving Head, was a German-American sideshow performer and biological rarity who could turn his head 180 degrees to the rear.
Around the Paleogene-Neogene boundary (some 25 Mya), barn owls were the dominant group of owls in southern Europe and adjacent Asia at least; the distribution of fossil and present-day owl lineages indicates that their decline is contemporary with the evolution of the different major lineages of true owls, which for the most part seems to have ...
Western barn owl: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) 11 American barn owl: Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827) 12 Eastern barn owl: Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 13 Andaman masked owl: Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) 14 Ashy-faced owl: Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) 15 African grass owl: Tyto capensis (Smith, A, 1834) 16 Eastern grass owl: Tyto longimembris ...
An owl sits on the Hilton Head Raptor Cam nest on Thursday, Feb. 8. Hilton Head Land Trust The owls, who were first spotted in the nest in September 2023, are tending two babies that hatched ...
HH5 and HH6, great horned owls who live in the Raptor CAM nest, perched together on Monday, April 1, 2024. Most recently, the parents have had to come to terms with their kids’ new independence ...
While it’s not 100% certain the dead owl was HH5 or HH6 or the remaining calls come from either, the death is a stark reminder that there are non-toxic rodent-control options.
The bird family Tytonidae, which includes the barn owls Tyto and the bay owls Phodilus, is one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. They also differ from the ...
The barred owl (Strix varia), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American large species of owl. A member of the true owl family, Strigidae, they belong to the genus Strix , which is also the origin of the family's name under Linnaean taxonomy .