Tyto alba

Biological Overview

Habitat
Small enclosed spaces and everywhere but Antarctica

Diet
Small mammals and rodents

Role in Ecosystem
Apex predator

Behavior
Nocturnal and mostly solitary

Human Impact

Humans impact the barn owls when owls get into collisions with vehicles. Habitat loss is also a way they are impacted. Human power lines are dangerous to barn owls and can cause them to get electrocuted. Barn owls can help humans because they act as pest control and get rid of small rodents and other small mammals.

Creative Exploration

I get up and look in the mirror. I’m white and fluffy with brown wings. What am I? The best species of them all! I am an owl, specifically, a barn owl. I love being an owl, but alas, I still have to go to school, so I brush out my feathers and eat my Rats’n’Fats cereal – my favorite! After, I leave my little tree cavity. It’s small, but it’s still home. I then fly all the way to my school, Flying Feathers. It’s protected from all of the human government! Anyways, what we learned in school was so interesting! We are learning about humans and how they think they are the smartest species of them all. It made me hoot and holler! Anyways, I fly home and huddle up in my cozy, fluffy nest for the day.

Evelyn Gordon, Jackson Overstreet

Book 6