Blue Male Barn Owl

A barn owl s latin name is tyto alba literally means white owl but in folklore it has many different names banshee billy whit death owl farmer s friend ghost owl screech owl rat owl and screaming owl.
Blue male barn owl. Lanky with a whitish face chest and belly and buffy upperparts this owl roosts in hidden quiet places during the day. Wildlife on the web blue house farm barn owls 2019 c essex wildlife trust. Latest posts c dorset wildlife trust lorton meadows barn owls combined with c len pick trust barn owl project. Ghostly pale and normally strictly nocturnal barn owls are silent predators of the night world.
By night they hunt on buoyant wingbeats in open fields and meadows. This video is unavailable. It is also referred to as the common barn owl to distinguish it from other species in its family tytonidae which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls the other being the typical owls strigidae. This video is unavailable.
Hopefully this is a male and female. Male barn owls are generally paler and females darker but they can be very variable. This video is unavailable. You can find them by listening for their eerie raspy calls quite unlike the hoots of other owls.
Wendybartter 14 feb 2019 5 25 pm replies 330 replies subscribers 19 subscribers views 21258 views users 0 members are here options share. The barn owl is found almost everywhere in the world except polar. This video is unavailable. I believe this is the owl responsible for the owl pellets in my last blog post although i have spotted a second owl further along my local patch.
By night they hunt on buoyant wingbeats in open fields and meadows. You can find them by listening for their eerie raspy calls quite unlike the hoots of other owls. Usually about 90 of uk barn owls can be sexed by their feathers. Ghostly pale and normally strictly nocturnal barn owls are silent predators of the night world.