Tyto alba 

Biological Overview

Habitat  

Marsh,Grassland,agricultural fields and they nest in trees or barns.  

Diet  

The barn owl eats mice, and some small birds and other small mammals.  

Role in Ecosystem  

The barn owl role in the ecosystem is that it keep down the small mammal population.  

Behavior  

Barn owls mate for life to find food they hunt at night, flying owl to spot potential prey. 

Human Impact

Humans creates nests for the barn owl without even knowing it. Barn Owls nest in man-made structures like barns, sheds, silos, and church steeples, this led to their name the Barn Owl. Barn Owls were previously listed as endangered mainly because of pesticide use and no nesting locations. Volunteers changed that, they built nesting boxes that was enough to take the barn owl off the endangered animals list and threatened in 2015. As of 2020 the Barn Owls were no longer listed as threatened. 

Creative Exploration

When I wake up in the morning, well my morning, It is finally dark outside. I am starving because my last meal was yesterday and i’m craving a mouse right now. So I fly out of my house which is a abandoned barn and fly over the grass fields. While flying I look down and see a mouse, my mouth drools before I swoop down and get some breakfast. After this I go back to my Barn and practice my “moth dance” which is hovering(harder than you think). After practicing I go out and look for a mate, I find one and do my dance and show her my nest. I finally got a mate and now I’m going to be a dad. After this while going back home I pick up another mouse and eat it for dinner, when I get to my nest I fall asleep. 

Freddy Martinez, Ben Powley, Knox Klatka

Book 1