...The Barn Owl: Its Role and its Endangerment Often times, it goes unrealized that there are important roles and purposes distributed amongst the vast fauna on Earth. It is this diversity which maintains a sense of equilibrium when it comes to animal populations and/or flora-related phenomena. The Barn Owl (Tyto alba), falling under the smaller side of owl species, exemplifies itself as both a fundamental element in rodent control as well as a symbol of ghostly beauty. Yet, survival of the species is not guaranteed. Numerous factors, including both naturally occurring as well as human-caused, have contributed to the owl’s decline in recent years. Additionally, given that their breeding cycles produce a limited amount of young in conjunction to their short life spans, Tyto alba’s numbers are predicted to reach further abatement in the near future. Human-associated activity has been regarded as a significant component in the Barn Owl’s downfall; nonetheless, human involvement in the conservation of the species can also mend this trend and bring it back towards escalation. Having a wingspan of approximately 85cm, Tyto alba is considered relatively small in comparison to other species of owls (Bunn, Warburton, and Wilson 23). They weigh between 470 and 570g (1.0-1.3lbs) and feature an array of distinct physical qualities (Martin, Raid, and Branch 1). Their head resembles a heart and have no visible ear tufts as other species of owl portray. Their beak is typically of a pink shade...
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...‘Barn Owl’ is a narrative poem written by Gwen Harwood that describes the feelings and emotions a young girl’s experiences while making risky ‘grown up’ decisions. The poem portrays her false layer of maturity slowly peeling away to reveal her innocence as the young girl realises that what she has done was against the will of both the owl and her father and that she now must cope with the punishment of both. Gwen uses multiple poetic devices and uses a narrative writing style to portray the seriousness of the situation and the eventual uncovering of her innocent mind. The poem describes the feeling of life and death and how age and maturity affect the way we deal with it. The poem tells the story of a small child who is transformed from ‘innocent’...
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...Raptors-Birds of prey Raptors are known as birds of prey. They hunt and feed on other animals. The term "raptor" is derived from the Latin word rapere (meaning to seize or take by force). These birds are characterized by keen vision that allows them to detect prey during flight and powerful talons and beaks. Many species of birds may be considered partly or exclusively predatory. However, in ornithology, the term "bird of prey" applies only to birds of the families listed below. Taken literally, the term "bird of prey" has a wide meaning that includes many birds that hunt and feed on animals and also birds that eat very small insects. In ornithology, the definition for "bird of prey" has a narrower meaning: birds that have very good eyesight for finding food, strong feet for holding food, and a strong curved beak for tearing flesh. Most birds of prey also have strong curved talons for catching or killing prey. An example of this difference in definition, the narrower definition excludes storks and gulls, which can eat quite large fish, partly because these birds catch and kill prey entirely with their beaks, and similarly bird-eating skuas, fish-eating penguins, and vertebrate-eating kookaburras are excluded. Birds of prey generally prey on vertebrates, which are usually quite large relative to the size of the bird. Most also eat carrion, at least occasionally, and vultures and condors eat carrion as their main food source. Many raptor species are considered apex predators...
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...Summary and Personal Response- Draft Version This is a summary and personal response to essay “ Farm Girl” by Jessica Hemauer. This is a story about a girl who’s childhood was spent working on her parents farm, while most of her friends enjoyed their childhood playing sports, watching TV and socializing with other kids. Even though she spent her time working on the farm, this experience was very valuable to her. It thought her to be responsible, that helping your family is very important and that “fitting” in is not always the best thing. Main points Each child in the family had their responsibilities in the barn. They all helped each other with their duties and Jessica being the youngest child had a duty of feeding the newborn calves. This was her favorite chore as it made her feel like she was taking care of someone, just like everyone else took care of her. After completing the chores they cleaned up, ate and went to school. Once they were in school, they would have been up for hours doing chores, while their classmates just got up and came to school. Jessica’s day went by fast and she didn’t have time for any before and after school activities like other kids. She had to worry about her chores at the farm. She would spend her lunch listening about everyone else’s plans and activities and wishing she was able to do the same. In eight grade she was finally able to join the basketball team and felt like she was a part of conversations now. She still kept her farm duties...
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...living in the water of the seas and the streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales. 10 But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales--whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water--you are to detest. 11 And since you are to detest them, you must not eat their meat and you must detest their carcasses. 12 Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be detestable to you. 13 " 'These are the birds you are to detest and not eat because they are detestable: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, 14 the red kite, any kind of black kite, 15 any kind of raven, 16 the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 17 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, 18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, 19 the stork, any...
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...Blodeuwedd is a celtic goddess made of flowers nine of them they are blossom-oak, meadowsweet, broom,cockle, bean, nettle, chestnut, primrose, and hawthorn. Math and Gwydion are the ones that made her to be a wife for Lleu. Blodeuwedds name means " flower-face" it is a name for and owl which she was turned into for punishment when she feel in love with Gronw Pebyr when she was already married. but you can not help who you fall in love with can you. "She is the white Goddess of Death and Life in Her May-aspect, and part of a triad consisting of Arianrhod (virgin), Blodeuwedd (lover), and Cerridwen (crone)." Gronw Pebyr plotted against him, killing the invulnerable Lleu by tricking him into the only pose by the river so that Blodeuwedd and Gronw could be together and well he...
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...uses for me and that dirt bike. It was around that age my father started waking me up early summer mornings and taking me to the barns with him to feed and water the animals. He explained to me that the animals were our life and there life was ours. If the animals got sick, wasn’t fed or watered then all the things we love and enjoyed at the house would not be there such as my new dirt bike. So making sure all the animals were healthy was the first and foremost most important thing on the farm. After many years of taking care of the animals, some do get sick no matter how well they are taken care of. Spending hours in a pen with a sow till she gives birth was boring yet exciting at the same time. Then taking care of them, watching them grow you start getting attached to the animals. It was hard at a young age to care for and love the animals to watch them grow and let them go. The lessons I was taught living on the farm were harsh. I get attached to animals I took care of for years knowing that they were food and what kept our family alive. Even knowing that did not make things any easier the day my father took me to the part of the barn that was off limits. It was were other farmers would come and take live stock and where my father would bring more live stock in. well that’s all I thought was involved in that section of the barn. I was really attached to a certain hog that I raised since he was born. He was smaller than the rest and...
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...beautiful landscape that my dad and I installed. Next, comes the front yard which is about half an acre. To most this might seem big but growing up on a farm it is quite small. Past the front yard is one of our hay fields that are typical of the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania. This hay field goes down into a valley before coming to a stop by the road. On the other side of the road is a small hay field. There is a small creek that goes under the road and runs along this small hay field. This side of the farm is where the most beautiful views take place. The first view that catches my eyes is our three barns which contain our hay, tractors, and other equipment. Two of the barns are newer but the biggest barn and most beautiful one was built in the late 1800’s. The barn has an older look to it and used to be used as a dairy barn where they milked the cows. By these barns is a pond which brings back so many memories from going swimming at family reunions, and going fishing with my grandpa. I can imagine the sun glistening off the water when the sun hits it just right. Above the pond and to the right of it is our pasture field where we keep our beef cattle. The pasture goes right up to the property line on that side of the farm which is enclosed by an electric fence. My most favorite view of all time is in the spring time watching the newly born calves run around and play. Watching their little tails flip all around while they drink milk from their...
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...ways: a. Flapping their wings and gliding b. Flapping their wings and pushing against the air currents with their feet c. Via American Airlines of United Airlines 5. A harpy eagle’s talons are the size of grizzly bear claws. Harpies have been known to kill: a. Humans b. Small sheep c. Mountain lions 6. A Golden Eagle can see an 18-inch rabbit from a distance of : a. 18 miles b. 8 miles c. 2 miles 7. A nictating membrane is: a. A bird’s protection against the nicotine in second hand smoke b. A bird’s third eyelid c. The membrane lining of a birds mouth 8. The tiny elf owl likes to nest: a. In a cactus b. In tall trees c. In rocky ledges 9. Within the same species, male and female birds of prey look very similar, but there is usually one obvious difference, what is it? a. Males have larger heads b. Females have sharper talons c. Females are large...
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...Ensayo REQUERIMIENTOS PARA LA INTEGRACIÓN SEMÁNTICA DE INFORMACIÓN WEB DE LAS ESCUELAS ACADEMICAS PROFESIONALES DE LAS UNIVERSIDADES DE PERU Área: Ingeniería de Software Autor: Walter Aurelio Lazo Aguirre INTRODUCCIÓN El gran avance que significó el uso generalizado de internet propulsó el poder intercambiar información de todo tipo a gran velocidad y en grandes volúmenes. Hoy en día la web puede sufrir una mejora: La información que se maneja por internet podrá ser interpretada por los computadores sin la intervención del hombre. Esto es lo que se denomina la web semántica. Para que esto sea posible es necesario que la información de las páginas web se codifique por medio de ontologías. Las ontologías proveen una información formal del conocimiento de un dominio que puede ser comunicada entre sistemas heterogéneos y con capacidad de realizar deducciones con este conocimiento. De esta manera las personas que comparten algún dominio común podrán utilizar los mismos esquemas para el intercambio de información y con capacidad para hacer deducciones con los conocimientos representados. Emplear la capacidad de razonamiento automático para el acceso a información requiere de representación semántica de los orígenes de tal información de manera procesable por computador en consecuencia se requieren metadatos que describan de una manera computable dichos orígenes. La construcción de la web semántica encuentra problemas similares a los de construir grandes...
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...Assignment 8 Can a close friendship be the means to cope with life and overcome fears and challenges? This seems to be the case in Jackie Kay’s short story “Owl” written in 2012, where the two main characters together experience a very hurtful childhood event overlapping with an encounter with an owl. The story tells us how both of these incidents shapes the friendship between the main characters and how it becomes a lifelong walk together in this life but also a journey into a fantasy world of their own. The short story is written in the first person. This means that the story is told by the main-character Barn, or Anita as she is really called. It is characterised by a heavily use of dialogue and direct speech. This dialogue is almost entirely between Barn and Tawny (Tawny’s real name is Marion). This literary device is a way to illustrate that it is only about the two of them, Barn and Tawny – the rest of the world does not really matter: The fact that we only get an insight and hear about the two women life for example their childhood, creates a closer relation with the two of them and at the same time we as readers gets distanced from everyone else. This is also why that the narrator makes heavily use of the personal pronoun ‘we’. It forms an affiliation between the reader and the main-characters, which is Barn and Tawny. The close relation between the two of them is also seen in the following quote: “”It’s only scary because we all want to be perfect. It’s not scary...
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...The Tawny Owls are found throughout Europe and North Africa. They are also found eastwards to Iran and Western Siberia. The Tawny Owl can range in colors from darkish brown, light brown, gray and darkish red. They have big black eyes. The Tawny Owl also has a small pointy nose and small curved claws. The claws are blackish with dirty white bases. The owl’s habitat usually varies. They like to live in mostly wooded and forest-like areas like cemeteries and parks. The Tawny Owls almost always breed in woodlands and forests. They like to inhabit coniferous forest. The Tawny Owls are always hunting at night. They are usually quiet listening, waiting and watching for their prey. When the owls spot the animal, it swoops down, covers the prey and instantly kills it. The animals they eat are rabbits, mice, voles, earthworms, insects, beetles, birds, frogs, fish, lizards and molluses. Since the Tawny Owl is relatively a small bird, it has a number of predators. Those predators are usually dogs, cats, and foxes. But it also includes hawks, eagles, and other large birds. As far as the Tawny Owl eggs, the main predators are squirrels and rats. In conclusion, the Tawny Owl can be known as a small owl. It hunts at night. They have predators but also a long list of prey. They are very meticulous while hunting. In fact they rely on their sight and hearing to kill their prey. Bibliography Lewis, Deane. The Owl Pages. 22 July 2013. <http://www.owlpages.com/>. Nottinghamshire...
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...eastern and north central United States, the northern long-eared bat is a bat that measures approximately 3 to 3.7 inches with a wingspan of 9 to 10 inches. It has medium to da rk brown fur on its back and lighter, pale-brown on the underside. The lifespan for this bat is approximately 18.5 years. Emerging at dusk, the northern long-eared bat comes out to feed. Their diet consists of various insects found in the forest including moths, flies, and beetles. Like most bats, the northern long-eared bat spends the winter hibernating in caves and mines, called hibernacula. During the summer, another trait common among bats, the northern long-eared bat spends its time in the cracks and crevices of dead trees. You will not find this bat in barns as it rarely takes roost in any type of structure....
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...Snowy Owls of the Arctic By BadWolf2 Zoology 101 Description of Snowy Owls Scientific name Recently changed genus General size and markings Differences between males and females Diet Primary diet and quantity Hunting Diurnal, not nocturnal Area of hunting ground Decline of food source Breeding Mates for life Protection of nesting area Normal clutch size Food availability effects on clutch size Migration How far do they travel for food? A population decline or local extinction The snowy owl is a larger raptor type carnivorous bird whose body height is between 20 and 28 inches high. The wingspan of this owl reaches 4.2 to 4.8 feet across and its weight is between 3.5 to 6.5 pounds (“Snowy Owls”, 2012). The genus of this bird has recently been changed from Nyetea Scandiata to Bubo Scandiacus from analyzing their DNA they have found that they are more closely related to the Great Horned Owl which makes them a Bubo ("Snowy Owl," n.d.). The snowy owl is also known by other names such as the Arctic owl or the Great White owl. Most people know the snowy owl from the Harry Potter movies and the character Hedwig. Many snowy owls look this way. The younger owls are white with darker markings and as they age they lose the dark markings and become almost completely white. Females, on the other hand, do not lose all their dark markings. They may become whiter as they age, but still retain some darker or grayish marks on their plumage (“Snowy Owls”, 2012)....
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...Betty Bates AC1300186 Introduction to Ecology Assignment 8 The Northern Spotted Owl Habitat vs. Logging Interests in the Pacific Northwest The Northern Spotted Owl (Strix Occidentalis Courina) likes to live in older forest growths. It is often thought of as the medium sized owl, but in reality, it is the largest owl in North America. Spotted owls do their hunting at night. The spotted owl’s diet consists mainly of small rodents, other birds and reptiles, but have been seen feeding on cairns, and insects. Owls are usually found in California and the Pacific North West in the United States, where they live in old forest growths. (The Defenders of Wild Life). They will not tolerate habitat “disturbance” and are very protective of their territory in which they live, and hunt. Owls prefer tall trees with broken tops where they can fly under and past these broken tops, where they like to nest and raise their young. The Northern spotted owl is a protected species. Due to extensive logging, the owls and their habitat is swiftly declining at an alarming rate; they were added to the endangered species list in the early “1990s” (The Defenders of Wildlife). Unfortunately, the habitat they prefer is a direct target for the logging industry the cutting of trees in their habitat, conversion of land, wind storms, and wildfires have decreased their numbers“( example: 100 pair in British Columbia, 1200 pair in Oregon, 560 pair in Northern California, and 500 pair...
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