Barn Owls A.J. Driggers I am so mad because I have to research owls in science. Slowly I logged on to my computer and found a site on owls. Instantly I was instantly intrigued by how interesting owls could be. I read the whole hour in concentration. When the bell rang I knew that I would research them again. Barn owls have round heart shaped heads. Their eyes are black but inside their eyes they have huge retinas and eyes packed with rods and cones that help them see in low light vision. Their eyes can also see 50 to 100 times better than humans. They also have great hearing; tests conclude that barn owls can hunt by sound alone. The barn owls body has puffy feathers as to trick there enemies into thinking there bigger than they actually are.
The Pacific Northwest is perhaps most commonly known for its awe-inspiring old growth forests that have been gracing the land for hundreds and hundreds of years. The land in British Colombia, Canada, Washington state, Oregon, and parts of Northern California are the only areas in the world where these forests exist. One of the most unique and amazing inhabitants of this age-old forest is the Northern Spotted Owl. The Northern Spotted Owl has been on the endangered species list for over ten years now. The Northern Spotted Owl can only be found in these old growth forests. The northern spotted owl requires many acres old forests to survive, due to its scarce food supply. They are very sensitive to their habitat, and simply cannot survive in any other environment. These owls, as well as the forests have been disappearing at an alarming rate due to the immense logging industry in its area.
The sabertooth cat, also known by its scientific name Smilodon Fatalis, is considered a true form fossil. A fossil is considered a true form fossil when scientists recover fossils of the actual animal or animal part. These bones were oftentimes subjected to physical processes while still on the surface. These processes include heat, cold, wind and rain.
Are adults overprotective of their children? To what point do we protect children? Where should the line be drawn? Along with those questions is how easily children can be influenced by these same adults. Two poets, Richard Wilbur and Billy Collins, express the ideas of how easily children can be manipulated and how sometimes adults think they are protecting their innocent children, when in reality they are not. Wilbur and Collins express these ideas in their poems through numerous literary devices. The literary devices used by Wilbur and Collins expose different meanings and two extremely different end results. Among the various literary devices used, Wilbur uses imagery, a simple rhyme scheme and meter, juxtaposition of the rational and irrational, and a humorous tone to represent the narrator’s attempt to “domesticate” irrational fears. Conversely Collins uses symbols, historical interpretations, imagery, diction and other literary devices to depict the history teacher’s effort to shield his students from reality. In the poems, “A Barred Owl,” by Richard Wilbur, and “The History Teacher,” by Billy Collins, both poets convey how adults protect and calm children from their biggest, darkest fears and curiosities.
The population of the whooping cranes most definitely gets affected from precipitation, because the population gets affected negatively with high precipitation levels present, while positively with low precipitation levels. The population of the whooping cranes gets affected this way because if there were high precipitation levels for a year, the hatching success rate drastically decreases from the precipitation, who damages the eggs laid by the cranes. By either breaking the eggs, making the cranes not be present to incubate their eggs, or actually destroying the birds’ nests. Also, the high precipitation levels may even cause a few fatalities, which is a very serious problem involving this particular endangered species. While with low precipitation
The Northern Spotted Owl can only live in old growth environment, it is considered an “indicator species”: The health of the Northern Spotted Owl population indicates the health of the old-growth forest ecosystem. An individual Northern Spotted Owl needs more than 3,000 acres of old growth to survive, because of its scarce food supply. The Northern Spotted Owl is found in the cool, moist woodlands on the Pacific Northwest. The habitat of the Northern Spotted Owl can be described as trees relatively large in diameter in the stand, multi-layered canopy, large tall live trees with cavities, broken tops, mistletoe, or platforms of branches capable of holding accumulated organic matter suitable for use as a nest, dead standing trees and fallen decayed trees to support abundant populations of prey species, especially northern flying squirrels and woodrats.
Most owls are nocturnal birds that are found everywhere in the world. The fossils of the owls’ existence have dated back 54 million years ago. There are 205 different owl species. The owl species are divided into 2 different groups, one known as the barn owl, and the other as the true owls. True owls are more common than barn owls. The picture above shows a burrowing owl, which is a species of true owls. They have round faces where as barn owls have heart shaped faces. Most owls use their binocular vision to hunt prey. Owls have large eyes that set forward on their heads that allow them to have excellent depth perception. Their eyes have several large special cells called rods that are sensitive to low light. Their eyes are fixed in their
The idea of writing at any school level or in life is seen more as a grueling task than enjoyable experience. In the novel, Bird by Bird, the author Anne Lamott is speaking to a generation of writers, who may be struggling with the process. The content is rich with stories to help the writer analyze his or her own life to add it to their writing style, a concept that may be hard for some people. Bird by Bird is an effective book, because Lamott includes not only writing tips, but a sense of humor along with life advice.
direction, the major problem for their decline would have to be remedied – loss. of the habitat of the sailor. This fact combined with the owls' short life expectancy and late age. breeding only exacerbates the problem. When loggers remove old growth owl loses habitat for its food, housing, as well as protection from predators.
The only ferret native to the U.S. was thought to be extinct, until the black-footed ferret had made another appearance. The ferret is a descendant of the weasel family, but is very different from the rest of its species. A predator with a length of only about 2 feet, and black eyes that give it the characteristics of a robber. It tends to find its home in the villages of another animal, in which they eat. In the Great Plains, the ferret decreased greatly in population from lack of food, the past generations have already taken action, and the today’s generation is continuing more efforts to save the ferrets.
Jazz Stephens presented on Does Incubation Behavior Influence Nestling Telomere Length? And Egg Gross-Foster Experiment In Barn Swallows. The research measured effects of telomere length of barn swallow based on specific environmental criteria. In barn swallows, it is known that telomere length is associated with survival, reproductive growth, and success. The research team analyzed how incubated temperature affects telomere length. This experiment was done by two methodologies. The first, cross-foster design, which decoupled genetic environments to analyze how telomere changes in different environments. To test the temperature within the nest, a fake egg was placed within the nest the recorded the continuous temperature within the nest.
As Harwood explains in the poem “a lonely child who believed death clean and final, not this obscene”. When the first shot strikes, her naivety is immediately replaced with guilt as she realises the implications of her plan. Her gun falls from her hands symbolically conveying the shock and guilt of her actions. After the child kills the owl, she weeps on her father’s arm, symbolising the loss of the child’s youth and innocence. This is presented in the visual representation by the images of a barn owl and a young girl crying side by side. The owl was part of the girl and symbolised her innocence. When the owl was killed, her childish innocence was taken away. She is then forced to understand and mature from the events taken place. The author uses the metaphor “owl blind” to convey the sadness of the journey to maturity and adult knowledge that has now begun for the protagonist.
This may take you by surprise, but this is Rocky and Zeppelin writing to you. Rocky and I have a few things we would like to tell you and some are positive and some are negative. First, we want to tell you that we are so proud of you for all the work you have done with school. You have been so focused and dedicated to your school work and that is amazing for you. This comes with a downside though which is you haven’t cleaned our cages in two months. This is a big deal for us because we are sitting in gross bedding. Luckily, we have our hammocks to sleep in and our clean dust baths to hold us off until you clean our cages hopefully this week. You have been telling us that you will clean the cage for the past two weeks and nothing has happened,
American Crows can reach a length between 17 to 21 inches, with a wingspan of 39 inches, while the Common Raven is a larger bird that has an average length of 24 inches (Burton et al. 2010; Marzluff et al, 2013). Both the American Crow and the Common Raven have black coloration, but their feathers and beaks differ. Common Ravens have a larger, stronger beak, a wedge-shaped tail, and spikey feathers on their throat. American Crows, on the other hand, have a smaller and less bulky bill, smooth throat feathers, and they have tail feathers that fan out instead of forming a wedge (Marzluff et al, 2013). The two birds have different styles of flying.
A topic that I lose track of time with, whether I am researching, playing, or taking care of is my leopard gecko. Leopard geckos are exceedingly interesting creatures. Each leopard gecko has a unique personality and mine is quite a character. My leopard gecko is a captivating topic to me. There are many things that Andromeda does that are fascinating to me.
Flying foxes, Pteropodidae, are regarded as an important family for forest maintenance and regeneration because they are considered ‘‘keystone’’ seed dispersers (Cox et al. 1991). Over 289 plant species are known to depend on pollination and seed dispersal by flying foxes and 91% of dispersed seeds are handled by flying foxes (McConkey 2006). Many forest trees are pollinated or dispersed solely or predominantly by flying foxes (Win & Mya 2015). Flying foxes are particularly valued for their long-distance dispersal of pollen and seeds due to their high mobility and because of their capability to retain seeds and pollen for an extended period of time. Long-distance seed dispersal is essential for forest expansion as well as maintaining connectivity among plant populations in