Tuesday, November 18, 2008

WILD Fact: Head-turning owls


Four species of owls live in Georgia year-round: great-horned, barred, barn and eastern screech (in order of largest to smallest). These birds of prey use their excellent hearing and eyesight to hunt at night.

Contrary to popular belief, owls can't turn their heads all the way around. However, the extra bones in their neck allow them to turn their head about three-quarters of the way around (we can only turn our heads about halfway, from our chin to each shoulder). This adaptation is necessary since owls’ large eyes are fixed to look straight ahead; they can’t roll their eyes side to side and up and down like we can.

WILD Facts is a regular feature written by Linda May, a wildlife interpretive specialist with the Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division.

For a list of Georgia Outdoors episodes featuring birds and birding visit this website.

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kimberlymichele944 said...

I believe I have just spotted a white owl on Fort Stewart, GA. The light color and size of the bird caught my eye around 10PM. I've heard the call of a large owl in the area several times in the distance and now believe this very bird may be the culprit of such a loud call. I've seen other owls and large birds of prey in the area, but this bird intrigued me and I believe it may be a white owl. I could not take a picture in the low light.

Anonymous said...

we believe we just saw one in loganville, ga around 1:30 in the morning....

Anonymous said...

what to do if an owl is missing one leg and was found on an old trap in the woods ,what to do

Anonymous said...

cut the other one off

Anonymous said...

i live in loganville ga and i have owls that live out in the woods around me. they r beautiful

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