It has fourteen bones in its neck. It can turn its head farther around than we can. It can look behinditself. Sometimes it seems to have its head on backward. It can also turn its face upside down.
Owls have excellent hearing.
They sit quietly on a tree branch and listen to find its prey. Some owls have one ear lower than the other. The right ear hears best from below and the left ear hears best from above. They are not fast fliers but they can fly very quietly. Soft fringes on the edges of most owl's wing feathers may help them do this.