Eastern Screech Owl
By Kennan Ulrich...... And Aveion Day
Location
The Eastern screech owl is located in South and North eastern America. (Ironic :P) Small amounts of them live in Southern Canada.
Summarys (1st Kennan 2nd Aveion)
Chapter 5 of North American owls describes In depth about cause of death for owls. Almost 50% of owls die before they are one. Clear cutting in forests almost wiped out the northern spotted owl. Insecticide and other sprays kill so many each year and spraying in Arizona Kills hundreds of owls each year. Humans Count for 96% of owl deaths! My half of North American owls Is Describing Death of owls. - Glossary - Clear cutting, An area of Forest that has been completely cut down and Removed. Insecticide(s), A substance used to kill insects.
Aveions Summary
Part two of chapter 5 of the book north American owls By Sattler Describes how Owls are Pest controllers. Owls help farmers by eating the pests that eat their grain. DDT is lowering the chance of owls Eggs and them Surviving through hatching. People tend to ignore owls because they are nocturnal and rarely come out during the day. Owls have good camouflage to hide from predators and sneak up on prey. - Glossary - DDT, a synthetic organic compound used as an insecticide. Like other chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons, DDT tends to persist in the environment and become concentrated in animals at the head of the food chain. Its use is now banned in many countries. Nocturnal, done, occurring, or active during the night. Camouflage,hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage. Predators, an animal that naturally preys on others
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travel.nationalgeographic.com This owl is Hiding - Or camouflaged in The tree to hide from predators .
Call
Believe it or not, Screech owls do not actually Screech, It's more like a Call, And it goes like this " Hoo-Hoo-Hoo if I have never been bo-o-o-orn" Quite funny.