owl

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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

A barred owl hooted and shook its feathers in a sycamore above the creek, and red-bellied cooters sunned themselves on half-submerged logs.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

Wear described the latter, also purple, as looking like a “short owl with little eyes looking at you and a little beak.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Using her wing, the owl flipped quickly through many pages of the book that sat on the table in front of her until she stopped and pointed with her other wing.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el