The Brown or Tawny Owl 



THIS is the bird we hear during winter 

 nights calling in woods like someone 

 lost. Its loud eerie notes " tu-whit tu-whoo " 

 may be heard in different parts of England, 

 Wales, and Scotland, but not in Ireland. 

 Occasionally it hoots during broad light of 

 day. The bird has yet another name, Wood 

 Owl, which is also a very suitable one 

 because it is a lover of woods, forests, and 

 parks where hollow old trees abound. 



The Brown Owl feeds upon rats, voles, 

 mice, moles, and young rabbits, which it 

 seizes in its strong, sharp claws whilst they 

 are abroad feeding or playing in the twilight. 



Some people think that owls can find 

 their prey when it is pitch dark, and that 

 they cannot see at all in broad daylight. 

 They are wrong in both cases. Owls cannot 

 see in absolute darkness any more than boys 

 and girls can, but they are able to do so in 

 daylight, although they prefer to sit and 



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