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American Barn Owl: Ghostly Bird of Prey

If you’ve ever seen a big, ghostly bird swoop through the beam of headlights, you probably glimpsed an American barn owl.
CNN

An owl’s ‘shocking’ color should hinder hunting. Scientists may have figured out why it works

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Reno Gazette-Journal

High Desert Bird of the Month: Barn owl

These medium-sized owls have long, rounded wings and short tails, which combine with a buoyant, loping flight to give them a distinctive flight style. The legs are long and the head is smoothly ...
BBC

'Britain's oldest ever' barn owl found at farm

Bird experts say they have found the oldest barn owl ever recorded in Britain and Ireland. The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) said the owl, originally ringed as a chick in Nottinghamshire in 2007 ...
Oregonian

‘Like a miracle’: Rescued Oregon barn owl finally flies free

The barn owl whose rescue from a barbed-wire fence in Lebanon went viral on TikTok earlier this year has been rehabilitated and released. After nearly three months in the Chintimini Wildlife Center’s ...