Items matching owls

The Brown Owl (Syrnium Aluco).

“When brown owls hoot their throats swell as big as a hen’s egg. I have known an owl of this species live a full year without any water. Perhaps the case may be the same with all birds of prey. When o [...]

Keywords: birds, owls

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Added: 2006-08-29

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The Barn Owl (Strix flammea)

The barn owl, or white owl. “We have had, ever since I can remember, a pair of white owls that constantly breed under the eaves of this church. As I have paid good attention to the manner of life of t [...]

Keywords: birds, owls

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Added: 2006-07-28

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Frontispiece: Burkard Keller of Yburg.

A ghostly woman glowing white floats in the air, her bare feet not touching the ground, as she reaches out to a knight, kneeling in awestruck adoration. In the background a statue of the same woman at [...]

Keywords: people, ghosts, spirit, spooky, owls, forests, knights, colour

Places shown: Baden; Germany

Added: 2009-03-24

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