The night was still and no sound was heard, apart from the occasional hoot of the owl , the master of the shadows.
An owl hooted and the sound reverberated off into the night, fading away into the distance until silence resumed once more.
The Barn Owl is a gray-and-tawny owl with a white, heart-shaped face and dark eyes.
The great majority of past studies in this area have been on birds of prey and owls .
Like most owls , Great Horned Owls have keen hearing and keen vision in low light, both adaptations for hunting at night.
Flammulated Owls are small owls with short ear-tufts that can be held erect or flush to the head.
What concerns bird lovers is that owls are birds of prey - and they don't make good pets.
The crickets chirped, and the owls hooted, praising natures majesty.
In a peak year for hares, the hares edged out the voles as a source of meat for both adult owls and their owlets.
Boreal Owls, known in Eurasia as Tengmalm's Owls, are small owls of the north.