Barn+owl

=BARN OWL (**//Tyto Alba//**) by Liz and Nicole=

//Background Information://  -    Nocturnal Predator (Niche)  -    Consumes gophers, rats, and mice (typically 2-3 per night)  -    42 inch wingspan  -    Size of a small cat, but only weighs about one pound  -    Due to “fringed edged feathers” the Barn Owl can fly silently  -    Large sharp talons  -    Sharp Curved beak  -    Satellite dish shaped face  -    Nest in natural hollows in trees, caves, cliffs, chimneys, barns, and other man-made structures  -    Lay 4-7 eggs, sometimes more though  -    Eggs incubate for 29-34 days  -    Can reproduce at less than a year old // Level on the List: //  -    Species of Concern  -    Not on the U.S. endangered list // Why there’s Concern: //  -    Changing hunting land  -    Loss of nesting sites <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> -    Chemical pesticides in eggs // Recovery Plans: // <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> -    PA Game Commission started Owl Conservation Initiative o  Building Barn Owl Boxes to give the species homes <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> -    Modern Farms o  Most modern farms have used Barn Owl Boxes on their farms to keep rodents from their crops. // Sources: // <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[] [] <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT-Identity-H; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT-Identity-H;"> Brauning, D.W. (ed.). 1992. Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT-Identity-H; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT-Identity-H;"> 484 pp. <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">