Assertion: great horned owl's food | /r/HasProperty | scarce
Facets:
value: during nesting season
type: TEMPORAL
value: especially
type: DEGREE
value: in boreal forests
type: LOCATION
value: in the winter
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: However, when the food is scarce, they will go out hunting during the evening and continue to hunt till early morning.
text: If food is scarce in the winter, owls have been known to temporarily leave their territories for areas with more prey.
text: In other cases, especially when food is scarce, aggression and siblicide may result from competition for food.
text: These owls can remain non-territorial for several years and the proportion of such non-breeding “floaters” can reach 40 percent to 50 percent of the total population when food is scarce in boreal forests.
text: Where its victims are plentiful it often kills much more than it needs, eating only the choicest parts, but where food is scarce it often returns again and again to its kill.
text: However, if food is scarce, the male first feeds himself before feeding the female.
text: The fledging time will probably occur late in the season if the food is scarce.
text: They are permanent residents, although northerly populations may move south and southeast when food is scarce.
text: If food is scarce, they may travel a fair distance to find more prey, with considerable movements by large numbers in some years of particularly scarce prey.
text: Known to take just about any small to medium-sized animals, what follows is just a partial list of what is on a Great-horned Owl's menu: rodents, skunks, moles, squirrels, porcupines, opossums, marmots, herons, loons, swans, ducks, gulls, passerines and even other raptors such as Red-tailed Hawks, Aplomado Falcons and even other owls, young alligators, frogs, toads, salamanders, snakes, centipedes, catfish, eels, worms, scorpions, crayfish and even carrion if other food is scarce.
text: The first chick to hatch is bigger than the others and may actually kill it's younger siblings if food is scarce.
text: When food is scarce, aggression may result from competition for food, especially in broods of four or more.
text: This means that if food is scarce, the youngest chicks will starve.
text: In cases where food is scarce, a great horned owl may also eat carrion.
text: It has been noted, however, that during seasons when food is scarce both parents will go hunting at the same time and leave the nest unattended.
text: During nesting season when there are baby owls and the food is scarce, the great horned owl probably becomes active at morning as well as before noon.
text: #9 Northern Hawk Owl – is found in Canada and does not really migrate unless food is scarce.
text: They are permanent residents, although northerly populations may move south and southeast when food is scarce.
text: If food is scarce, they may travel a fair distance to find more prey, with considerable movements by large numbers in some years of particularly scarce prey.