Barn owl
By: David Chandler
Publisher: Firefly Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Richmond Hill, Ont; Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781554079032
Subjects: Effraie des clochers; Barn owl
Description: The barn owl is a powerful predator with a critical role in rodent control, and it is in dire danger from rodent poisons, lack of nesting sites and human encroachment. This text renders an informative portrait of this endangered bird and covers the survival of barn owls, their biology and behavior, courtship and reproduction, life cycle, how and what they hunt, social interaction, and conservation--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The barn owl family; title: Introducing the Western Barn Owl; title: Home and away : habitat and movements; title: Catching voles; title: mostly!; title: Setting up home; title: From egg to adult; title: Life and death.