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A great grey owl sitting on a branch in twilight

A solitary barn owl glides gracefully through the air above a wood stump at night

$An Owl's daily activity begins with preening, stretching, yawning and combing its head with its claws. The plumage is often ruffled up, and claws and toes are cleaned by nibbling with the beak. The Owl will then leave its roost, sometimes giving a call (especially in breeding season)\n\nLike most owls, the barn owl is nocturnal, relying on its acute sense of hearing when hunting in complete darkness. It often becomes active shortly before dusk and can sometimes be seen during the day when relocating from one roosting site to another. In Britain, on various Pacific Islands and perhaps elsewhere, it sometimes hunts by day. This practice may depend on whether the owl is mobbed by other birds if it emerges in daylight. However, in Britain, some birds continue to hunt by day even when mobbed by such birds as magpies, rooks and black-headed gulls, such diurnal activity possibly occurring when the previous night has been wet making hunting difficult. By contrast, in southern Europe and the tropics, the birds seem to be almost exclusively nocturnal, with the few birds that hunt by day being severely mobbed.\n\nBarn owls are not particularly territorial but have a home range inside which they forage. For males in Scotland this has a radius of about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the nest site and an average size of about 300 hectares. Female home ranges largely coincide with that of their mates. Outside the breeding season, males and females usually roost separately, each one having about three favored sites in which to conceal themselves by day, and which are also visited for short periods during the night. Roosting sites include holes in trees, fissures in cliffs, disused buildings, chimneys and haysheds and are often small in comparison to nesting sites. As the breeding season approaches, the birds move back to the vicinity of the chosen nest to roost.$

A flock of Snow Geese land on morning-lit waters in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

African Eagle Owl lookingtowards the camera at night with moon and clouds

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - nocturnal bird

The Eurasian eagle-owl wild bird (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia.

Flying seagull against cloudy sky in Norddeich, North-Sea in winter, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

A majestic barred owl landing on a wooden post at night

$Portrait of eurasian eagle-owl \nor Iberian eagle-owl, the larger owl. The Eurasian eagle-owl is largely nocturnal in activity, as are most owl species, with its activity focused in the first few hours after sunset and the last few hours before sunrise.$

Snowy owl flying on a sunny day. Spread wings. Quebec's official bird.

Flying Barn owl (Tyto alba), hunting. Bokeh autumn background. Noord Brabant in the Netherlands.

$The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl, winged tiger\$

A wild short eared owl flying one crisp winters evening

The close-up shot of a white owl on a tree branch at evening

great grey owl in flight during golden hour

3D rendering of awakening owl sitting on tree. Illuminated by bright moonlight

Snowy owl, bubo scandiacus, in flight. Rare bird.

White owl sitting on a stump in the dark. High-quality photo

The horned owl sits on a branch against the backdrop of a full moon rising on a pine forest at night.

The picture captures a serene winter scene with seagulls soaring above a barren tree, set against a misty, pale gray sky. The landscape is lightly veiled with fog or falling snow, and distant trees blend softly into the background, creating a tranquil, almost ethereal atmosphere. The mood is calm and reflective, evoking a sense of peaceful solitude in a cold, quiet environment.

A Snowy Owl perched on a large piece of driftwood in soft overcast light in a light snow on a winter day.

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