barn owl

The author relates her experience raising a barn owl she had met while working at the owl laboratory at Caltech, discussing her relationship with the bird and what she observed and learned about the species.

Easy-to-read text and illustrations trace the life of a barn owl from his birth until he leaves the nest and finds a mate of his own.

Describes the physical characteristics, hunting, feeding, nesting, mating, and moulting of the barn owl, as well as the nine different species.

A celebration of the owls that have lived in an old barn, sleeping, waking, hunting, and hatching their young for at least one hundred years.

Depicts a barn owl feeding growing, and learning to hunt and fly during the first year of its life.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of the barn owl.

One winter, a grandfather and his small grandchild find an owl roost, open owl pellets, install a nest box and watch patiently until spring when they are rewarded with the sight of owls, hunting in their fields and feeding a family in the box they have provided.