Download or read book Hunting with Great Horned Owls written by Ivi Frick and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how the great horned owl hunts, including how it stalks prey and attacks.
Download or read book Great horned Owls written by Christina Leaf and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great-horned owls earn their nickname Òtiger in the sky.Ó These fierce hunters use stealth to surprise all kinds of prey. They are even the only animals to regularly hunt skunks! Swoop into this exciting read to find out how they sharpen their hunting skills and much more.
Download or read book Owls in the Family written by Farley Mowat and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menagerie – which includes crows, magpies, gophers and a dog – grows out of control with the addition of two cantankerous pet owls. The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down is warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.
Download or read book Great Horned Owls written by Charlotte Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Roosting in tall branches, the great horned owl owns the night. With giant eyes that take up much of its skull, the owl can see well enough at night to catch a mouse over great distance. This common hunter can be heard at night, hooting to other owls with two horn-like feathered tufts on the sides of its head. With full-color photographs and approachable text, this book shows readers how this owl lives and hunts for its prey in even the darkest night"--
Download or read book Tiger with Wings written by Barbara Juster Esbensen and published by Orchard Books (NY). This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the hunting technique, physical characteristics, mating ritual, and nesting and child-rearing practices of the great horned owl.
Download or read book Owls of North America and the Caribbean written by Scott Weidensaul and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With detailed information about identification, calls, habitat, breeding, nesting, and behavior, this reference guide has the most up-to-date information about natural history, taxonomy, biology, ecology, migration and conservation status."--Book jacket.
Download or read book A History of Certain Great Horned Owls written by Charles Reuben Keyes and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lives of North American Birds written by Kenn Kaufman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.
Download or read book Greta the Great Horned Owl written by Christie Gove-Berg and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of an injured owl’s recovery and return to nature Greta the Great Horned Owl is out hunting mice. She has no idea that her life is about to change forever. A train strikes her, severely injuring her wing and leg. A rescue team brings her to a wildlife rehabilitation center—and this is just the beginning of her story. Will surgery save her wing? Can Greta learn to fly again? Her only hope of returning to the wild is to prove that she can hunt. Greta the Great Horned Owl is a true story told with gorgeous photographs and heartwarming text by award-winning author Christie Gove-Berg. Through Greta’s journey, readers learn about owls and wildlife rehabilitation centers. See the inside of a wildlife hospital. Learn how veterinarians help animals to get better. Find out about owl diets, nests, and families. Greta the Great Horned Owl is both entertaining and educational, helping to instill in children an appreciation of animals and nature.
Download or read book Great Horned Owls written by and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big, stately great horned owls with their hooting call and big orange eyes are the owls of scary stories. Learn more about these tufted hunters with full-color photos, range maps, and carefully levelled text.
Download or read book Great Horned Owls written by Rachael Barnes and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great horned owls are some of the most well-known owls in North and South America. Many people recognize their hoot! In this carefully leveled early reader, kids will learn all about great horned owls’ appearance, hunting strategies, and young. Special features draw attention to the owls’ diet, life cycle, and more. A table of contents, glossary, and index help readers practice nonfiction reading skills.
Download or read book Hawks Eagles Falcons of North America written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ANIMALS
Download or read book Tiger with Wings written by Barbara Juster Esbensen and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the hunting technique, physical characteristics, mating ritual, and nesting and child-rearing practices of the great horned owl.
Download or read book Barred Great Horned Owls written by Dr. Richard A. NeSmith and published by Applied Principles of Education & Learning. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barred owls and great horned owls make up the largest portion of North American Owls. The great horned owl has the largest distribution and the larger in size of the two birds. These owls are infrequently seen as they are typically nocturnal. They steal the nests of other birds or of squirrels. They have nearly soundless flight, which among their other senses, enables them to hone in on their prey from a perched branch. Acute sight and hearing, along with specialized feathers enable these birds to locate, track and land directly on their prey. Very hardy and even ferocious hunters have given them the nickname, tigers of the woods.
Download or read book Owls of the United States and Canada written by and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gorgeous book, celebrated natural history writer and wildlife photographer Wayne Lynch reveals the secrets of owls with stunning photographs, personal anecdotes, and accessible science. The photos alone are masterpieces--the vast majority were taken in the wild. From the great horned to the tiny elf owl, this amazing volume captures the beauty and mystery of these charismatic birds of prey.Johns Hopkins University Press
Download or read book One Man s Owl written by Bernd Heinrich and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hunter--is now available in an edition that has been abridged and revised so as to be more accessible to the general reader.
Download or read book The Complete Book of North American Owls written by James R. Duncan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an introduction to North American owls, listing forty-six species and describing their physical features, hunting behavior, life cycles, territorial calls, habitats, and the human and environmental threats to their existence.
