By Desmond Morris
ISBN-10: 1861897103
ISBN-13: 9781861897107
From Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat" to David Lynch's dual Peaks, owls were woven into the material of pop culture. from time to time they're depicted as dignified, clever previous students and at different occasions as foreboding voyeurs who see all and interrogate with an accusatory, "Who? Who?" In Owl best-selling writer Desmond Morris explores the common and cultural heritage of those predators of the evening who embrace either sturdy and evil in turn.
during this attention-grabbing publication, Morris describes the evolution, the various species, and the extensive unfold of owls around the globe. Owls are discovered on each land mass world wide, aside from Antarctica; and due to their vast distribution, owls seem within the folktales, myths, and legends of many local peoples—in addition to renowned artwork, movie, and literature all over the world. that includes over a hundred telling illustrations from nature and tradition, Owl will entice the various lovers of this enigmatic poultry, from the pleasant Mr. Owls to silent, sinister, hunters of the darkish.
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Brown, olive-brown, black, or gray. 14. 15. Pinkish or purplish. marked with red or reddish-brown. 16. brown, black, or gray. 17. Deep buff, marked with brown, black, and gray. Young nestlings and chicks a. In smaller cup nest, mouth patterned. b. mouth unpatterned, yellow or orange. c. pink or red. d. In unlined cavity in tree, bank or ground, nestling naked. e. In larger nest on tree or ground, nestling naked. f. Larger nestling with coarse, hairy down; usually sparse. g. Larger downy nestling with plain white, gray, buff.
Medium. Masked Booby (O,g,u) ; cormorants, rarely (I,J,K,e,g,q,u): Anhinga { I,e,g); herons and egrets ( C, D, I,J,K,g); Glossy and White-faced Ibises ( I,K,O,o); some dab bling, diving, and sea ducks (L,M,O,Q,R,n,p); some gulls (J,O, n) ; Dovekie and Para keet Auklet (M,p). Small. Green Heron and Least Bittern ( C, D. f. ) : Black-chinned Sparrow (C, ? ) : Lazuli and Varied Buntings {C,cd): Dickcissel (D, ? ); Blue Grosbeak (C,cd ); Shiny and Bronzed Cowbirds (-,cd) ; American and Les ser Goldfinches (C,cd).
Mouth unpatterned, yellow or orange. c. pink or red. d. In unlined cavity in tree, bank or ground, nestling naked. e. In larger nest on tree or ground, nestling naked. f. Larger nestling with coarse, hairy down; usually sparse. g. Larger downy nestling with plain white, gray, buff. or light brown down. h. yellowish or greenish down. i. down without pattern but with variation in overall dorsal coloration. Identification keys j. k. I. m. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. 35 Larger downy nestling with down boldly striped on head and usually over body.
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