a looming of Long-eared Owls | 4K
Channel: Nature Jedi
Date: 2024-01-03

Facts about the long-eared owl include:
The long-eared owl's eggs are white in colour.
Young long-eared owls are much paler than adults, with fluffy feathers.
The long-eared owl's ear tufts are raised when it is alarmed.
When the long-eared owl’s ear tufts are down it is easy to confuse it with the short-eared owl.
The male owl has a very loud hoot that can be heard up to 0.7 miles, or 1 km away. Long-eared Owls are lanky owls that often seem to wear a surprised expression thanks to long ear tufts that typically point straight up like exclamation marks. These nocturnal hunters roost in dense foliage, where their camouflage makes them hard to find, and forage over grasslands for small mammals. Long-eared Owls are nimble flyers, with hearing so acute they can snatch prey in complete darkness. In spring and summer, listen for their low, breathy hoots and strange barking calls in the night.  Long-eared Owls swallow their prey whole and then regurgitate the indigestible parts in pellets, usually one per day. If you find these pellets they’re fascinating to pick through, full of tiny animal bones and fur. Some biologists collect these pellets and use them to learn about owl diets.n addition to the North American and Eurasian populations, isolated groups of Long-eared Owls occur in North and East Africa, the Azores, and the Canary Islands. While this owl’s biology has been extensively studied in the U.S. and Europe, little is known about it in other parts of its range.
The oldest Long-eared Owl on record was at least 12 years, 1 month old. It was originally banded in New York and was later found in Ontario, Canada, in 1999.