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"A Wise Old Owl Live In An Imagine Saving The Rainforest & In That Oak The More He Spoke The More He Heard Like Any Other Wise Old Bird."
OwlsThe screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, — Owls
"The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say; Stops every fool that passes by, And frights the school-boy from his play."
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Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl.
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"Smallest of the British owls, the is only 22 cm from head to tail, which is less than a centimetre larger than a . ... Although Little Owls may be seen during the day, most of their hunting takes place at dusk or the few hours after dark and again around dawn. They will catch small s and sometimes birds, but most of their food is s and s."
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"The large white owl that with eye is blind, That hath sate for years in the old tree hollow, Is carried away in a gust of wind."
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"St. Agnes Eve—Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold."
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"The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon."
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"The Roman senate, when within The city walls an owl was seen, Did cause their clergy, with lustrations * * * * The round-facd prodigy t avert, From doing town or country hurt."
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