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Funny Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia tilts its head outside its burrow on Marco Island, Florida

Boreal owl (Tengmalm's owl) looking out from the hollow in the pine tree, bird in natural habitat. Owl's nest.

Baby owlet resting in hollow within the walls of Casa Grande structure at the national monument. The ancient Hohokum multi story structure provides shelter for a family of Great Horned owls most years.

Little owl (Athene noctua) hiding inside a hollow tree trunk peeking out. Small shy owl isolated on black background.

Eurasian pygmy owl female (Glaucidium passerinum) Swabian Jura Germany

Northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) looking out of a tree hollow.

Old apple tree with broken branch. In the tree trunk there is a hole that serves as a shelter for animals.

The Bengal eagle-owl, also widely known as the Indian eagle-owl or rock eagle-owl, is a large horned owl species native to hilly and rocky scrub forests in the Indian Subcontinent. It is splashed with

This large owl with the distinctive face, large forward-facing eyes, horns and deep resonant call is associated with a number of superstitions. Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen. Their deep haunting calls if delivered from atop a house are considered to forebode the death of an occupant. A number of rituals involving the capture and killing of these birds have been recorded. Salim Ali notes a wide range of superstitions related to them but notes two as being particularly widespread. One is that if the bird is starved for a few days and beaten, it would speak like a human, predicting the future of the tormentor or bringing them wealth while the other involves the killing of the bird to find a lucky bone that moved against the current like a snake when dropped into a stream.Belief in these superstitions has led to the persecution of the species in many areas by tribal hunters. The capture of these birds is illegal under Indian law but an underground market continues to drive poaching.

A Bubo scandiacus bird watching from a hollow in a tree

Portrait of a barn owl in a hole of the old barn. The typical white heart shaped face is clearly visible. For this kind of owls is common to living near humans.

Male Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) looks out of the breeding cave, Swabian Alb, Germany

spotted owlet or Athene brama perched on a textured dead tree trunk in his nest at keoladeo national park or bharatpur bird sanctuary, rajasthan, india

A gum tree nesting hollow for birds located in a park on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia

$L 59-73cm, WS 138-170cm.\nResident in mountains an forests, preferring areas with rocks, steep cliffs and mature trees (preferably conifers); often in rocky archipelagos. Scattered distribution, generally rare and local.\nNocturnal and partly crepuscular. Day roost in dense mature spruces or firs, or in cave or crevice.\nFood mammals (voles, rats, hedgehogs, hares) and birds (corvids, gulls, wildfowl).\nNests on inaccessible cliff-edge or less often on the ground by rock, uprooted tree or among boulders, exceptionally in abandoned raptor’s nest or n barn, abandoned factory, etc.\nIn spite of its size and its impressive claws is by and large a non-violent and retiring owl near its nest, and aggressive behaviour toward humans is rare.\n\nThis is a scarce owl in the eastern and Southern part of the Netherlands and is mostly breeding in abandoned Quarries.\n\nThis Picture is made at a Birds of Prey Farm near Lunteren (Gelderland, the Netherlands).$

Beautiful tawny owl (Strix aluco) sitting in a tree hollow.

The Little Owls in a Cave in the Danube Delta of Romania

Portrait of Little Owl, Athene noctua, in the nesting tree hole in the forest, central Europe. Portrait of bird in the nature habitat. Wildlife scene from oak forest

Little Owl Stood On A Post With Pink Campion Wild Flower In The Foreground

owl with a border for an inscription isolated on a white background

Little owl looking out from the hollow in the oak tree, bird in natural habitat. Owl's nest.

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