owl
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During a stop at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, an owl perched on her gloved arm made her squeal like the girl she had been during her first visit there on a grade-school field trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Simon Dudhill, who monitors the birds for Peterborough City Council's barn owl recovery scheme, said finding six owlets sharing a nest was "exceptionally good" and was the largest brood he had encountered in 2026.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
In 2021, Fresno High School changed its mascot from a warrior to an image of one of its main buildings, Royce Hall, featuring an owl and an international baccalaureate symbol.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The team also suggested that owl pellets may have served as fuel, which could explain why the tiny rodent bones contained within them show signs of burning.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
A barn owl is perched on top of it, mean-mugging guests as they pass.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Wildlife officials had found that many of these poisons worked their way through the food chain, sickening and killing owls, raptors, coyotes and mountain lions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
That definition stood for decades, notably surviving a 1995 Supreme Court case focused on the protection of old-growth forests for spotted owls.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Viñola López was mainly studying the mammal bones left behind by the owls when he noticed something unusual while cleaning the fossils.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
The town tried whirligigs and plastic owls to ward off the birds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Maybe night noises scared them—the barking of foxes, the shrill screech of owls, the rustle of unseen deer in the woods.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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