Sentence examples for owl from inspiring English sources

William Hill bookmakers have the barn owl as second favourite behind the robin to take the win.

Then, over our heads, came the soft swoop of a Magellanic horned owl, a glamorous giant of a predator, which seemed unperturbed by our presence in his fiefdom.

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A disc of feathers around its face gives it the piercing gaze and acute hearing of an owl.

This protected swath of steppe and low mountain ranges is starkly beautiful, with the coirón grasses and spiny bushes providing a habitat for rhea, tinamou, pigeon and burrowing owl.

But humans responded, and over half of barn owl nests are now thought to be in manmade boxes.

Further along, a barn owl sat snoozing on a ledge while the finches around went crazy.

Related: The mystery of the missing hen harriers | Patrick Barkham The hen harrier is one of 10 birds on a shortlist encouraging us to choose a national bird for Britain, alongside the barn owl and red kite.

On Sunday, I took a 30-minute walk around two desolate arable fields near Wells-next-the-Sea Wells-next-the-Sea Wells-next-the-Sea Wells-next-the-Seand, possinly, a rough-legged buzzard.

"There's Shortie," said Taylor, spotting a short-eared owl.

There are scarce but charismatic species, too, such as the kingfisher, barn owl and puffin, along with that royal favourite, the mute swan.