
A Florida
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Photo credit: US Army Corp of Engineers
The
Endangered Birds of Florida
The Florida Owls
To begin: what is a Bird?
A Bird is a warm blooded,
bipedal (two legs)
vertebrate (has a backbone)
with feathers,
bills and wings and most can
fly.
It lays eggs to reproduce and
many theories have
it classified as a direct
descendant of Dinosaurs,
dating back to the Jurassic
period.
Some of the following information is from SECO
These Owls have been found in Florida:
*Resident
*Visitor
*Barn, *Barred,
*Burrowing, *Eastern
Screech, *Great Horned,
*Long Eared,
*Northern Saw-Whet,
*Short Eared and
*Snowy.
(Only the Burrowing Owl is Endangered and it was
the subject of the movie Hoot)
In the
Seminole
language, Owl is o - pa.

A Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Photo credit: Peter Manidis
These magnificent birds of
prey have a diet that helps keep
the rodent population
under control in Florida as
they eat mice, rats,
skunks, snakes and of course
the very tasty Palmetto
Bug, for which I personally
want to thank every single Owl for doing~

A Barn Owl
Tyto
alba
Another most impressive statistic,
one Barn Owl can eat over
a 1,ooo mice in a year!
Owls are able to capture
so many night creatures because
of a special feather
construction, which quiets their flight
and enables them to sneak
up on even their fastest prey.

A Long Eared Owl at Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center
Asio otus
Photo credit: NASA
Their big eyes, great
hearing and ability to rotate their heads
nearly full circle, gives
them even more advantage and
make these birds one of
the best hunters in the world.

A Florida Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
floridana
Photo credit:
Tom Friedel
Owls are not only
beautiful to look at, but they also help keep our
environment from becoming
overrun with harmful insects.

A Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
floridana

A Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
floridana
Photo credit: Sharyn Hood/FFWC
For a better look at this particular Owl, try to find the movie
Hoot, it is,
as its name implies, great fun and filled with details about the
Burrowing Owl. To insure the future for all
of our Owls and thank them for their service,
we need to prevent their
natural Habitats from being stolen by
developers with only
concrete and dollars on their minds.
Places to learn more:
Boreal Songbird Initiative
Barred Owl
The Florida Burrowing Owl Project
The Florida Burrowing Owl
Florida's Burrowing Owl
Burrowing Owl

Photo credit:
Tom Friedel
Barn Owls
Some Owl Facts
Owls, a
Master Listing
A letter about Florida Owls
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