owl
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Whereas a night owl who can easily work into the night might favour the squeeze.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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
My wildlife checklist grew: red kites, black-winged kites, common buzzards, golden eagles, Spanish imperial eagles, a goshawk, three types of owl, two kinds of vulture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
They recently paid to treat an owl that had been severely burned when a drone crashed into its tree.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Abel could see the dark shape of the owl in the branches above, and the vibrating stars beyond.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
From autumn, the project will also be aiming to offer "real estate" for wild barn, tawny and little owls, with nest boxes at the Bishop Auckland site and spots from Northumberland down to North Yorkshire.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
That definition stood for decades, notably surviving a 1995 Supreme Court case that focused on the protection of old-growth forests for spotted owls.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
At the same time, generations of owls continually deposited bones throughout the cave, providing countless hollow tooth sockets that solitary bees could use.
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
He even teased Old Tallow, but he loved giving her little gifts, too, and in the evenings he told stories until way after the owls began to call.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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