Owl

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owl : any of an order (Strigiformes) of chiefly nocturnal birds of prey with a large head and eyes, short hooked bill, strong talons, and soft fluffy often brown-mottled plumage — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Encyclopedia

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes about 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl. Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except Antarctica and some remote islands. Owls are divided into two families: the Strigidae family of true (or typical) owls; and the Tytonidae family of barn-owls. — Wikipedia

Owl (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Owls (One Zoom)
Owls (WolframAlpha)

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Inspiration²

Barn Owl Education (Wildlife Protection Solutions, YouTube 360° Video)
Eastern Screech Owl Education (Wildlife Protection Solutions, YouTube 360° Video)
Great Horned Owl Education (Wildlife Protection Solutions, YouTube 360° Video)
Nature’s Educators (Official Website)
Wildlife Protection Solutions (Official Website)

Live Cam: Iris the Great Horned Owl (International Owl Center)
Burrowing Owl Cam (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers)

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Science

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them. A wide range of tools and techniques are used in ornithology, both inside the laboratory and out in the field. Most biologists who consider themselves to be “Ornithologists” study specific categories, such as Anatomy, Taxonomy, or Ecology lifestyles and behaviors. — Wikipedia

Ornithology (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Introduction to Ornithology (Environmental Science)

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Preservation

Conservation

Owls (Defenders of Wildlife)

Library

DDC: 598 Owls (Library Thing)
Subject: Owls (Library Thing)

Subject: Owls (Open Library)

LCC: QL 696.S83 Owls (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: Owls (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: QL 696.S83 Owls (Library of Congress)
Subject: Owls (Library of Congress)

Subject: Owls (WorldCat)

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Participation

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Notes

1. The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.

2. Owls seem to be Mary E. Hopper’s lot in life. One of her first jobs at Purdue University was serving a Course Assistant for ENGL 420: Business Writing. The course served about 1,500 Purdue students in about 75 sections per year. The job entailed managing instructional materials for the many instructors for the course. When Hopper began her position, she worked in a room filled with towering piles of many different versions of mimeographed handouts that had accumulated over the years that the course had been offered. Hopper spent two years bringing order to the piles, and when she was done, they were gone and all that was left was a nice, neat stack of around 200 or so pages. These were the core documents that were digitized and made available for the (Purdue OWL). Along the way, Hopper got to know what was in those handouts, too 😉 Afew years later she encountered the wise creature again in the form of the mascot of MIT’s Athena/Muse which she studied for her doctoral research and worked on as an MIT employee.

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