SCREEEEECH! If you hear this noise at night, don't worry! It's probably a barn owl. Instead of hooting, barn owls make screeches and hisses. Just like their name suggests, barn owls like to nest in barns. They also make their homes in holes in trees. Barn owls have light brown backs. Their faces and the underside of their wings are creamy white. Barn owls make their nests out of their pellets. Owl pellets are balls of fur and bones from the animals that they eat. Owls can't digest them, so they cough them up. If you want to learn more about these beautiful birds, check out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's description: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/id You can also watch a barn owl cam: http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/42/Barn_Owls/#_ga=1.13616759.1340714906.1417465571
Habitat: Fields and Barns Food: Small Mammals
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