4/15/2009

How God made owls so special!


We have been discussing Owls for the past few days. I want you to tell me as much as you have learned about them!

First of all, tell me all of the owl's adaptations, and the purpose of each one.

Then tell me what owls eat.

Tell me about their habitats.

Why do farmers like Owls?

Tell me what the food that CANNOT be digested is called- and tell me a little bit about what can be found in that ball.


28 comments:

brandon!!!!!!!!!!#$20 said...

Owls are amazing creatures that God made. One of the adaptations is that they can twist their haed 270 degrees around this helps them to keep their eye on the prey. Another is that they can hear an animal (a mouse or snake or any animals i've listed later) from 25 meters away. This helps them to find the prey. Another is they can fly on to their prey and they won't be haerd. This helps them to catch it and eat it. Another is that they can see relly well in the dark.This helps them to find there prey. Another is that they can live in a lot of different places. Another is that their tallons are sharp that helps them to eat.

Owls eat mice, snakes, rodents, grasshoppers, and frogs.Their habbitats are almost anywere like in the arctic to the dessert. Farmers like owls because the owls eat the mice that destoys there crop. The food that can't be digested is called pellets that are regurgetaded. There are bones that can be found in the pellets and their skin. There are also animal skulls and all the bones that i'm not going to list.I really like owls and owl pellets. (not to eat to dicect) Owls are becoming endangered because people are cutting down their habbitats and there prey are dieing.

brandon!!!!!!!!!!#$20 said...

Owls are amazing creatures that God made. One of the adaptations is that they can twist their haed 270 degrees around this helps them to keep their eye on the prey. Another is that they can hear an animal (a mouse or snake or any animals i've listed later) from 25 meters away. This helps them to find the prey. Another is they can fly on to their prey and they won't be haerd. This helps them to catch it and eat it. Another is that they can see relly well in the dark.This helps them to find there prey. Another is that they can live in a lot of different places. Another is that their tallons are sharp that helps them to eat.

Owls eat mice, snakes, rodents, grasshoppers, and frogs.Their habbitats are almost anywere like in the arctic to the dessert. Farmers like owls because the owls eat the mice that destoys there crop. The food that can't be digested is called pellets that are regurgetaded. There are bones that can be found in the pellets and their skin. There are also animal skulls and all the bones that i'm not going to list.I really like owls and owl pellets. (not to eat to dicect) Owls are becoming endangered because people are cutting down their habbitats and there prey are dieing.

brandon!!!!!!!!!!#$20 said...

Owls are amazing creatures that God made. One of the adaptations is that they can twist their haed 270 degrees around this helps them to keep their eye on the prey. Another is that they can hear an animal (a mouse or snake or any animals i've listed later) from 25 meters away. This helps them to find the prey. Another is they can fly on to their prey and they won't be haerd. This helps them to catch it and eat it. Another is that they can see relly well in the dark.This helps them to find there prey. Another is that they can live in a lot of different places. Another is that their tallons are sharp that helps them to eat.

Owls eat mice, snakes, rodents, grasshoppers, and frogs.Their habbitats are almost anywere like in the arctic to the dessert. Farmers like owls because the owls eat the mice that destoys there crop. The food that can't be digested is called pellets that are regurgetaded. There are bones that can be found in the pellets and their skin. There are also animal skulls and all the bones that i'm not going to list.I really like owls and owl pellets. (not to eat to dicect) Owls are becoming endangered because people are cutting down their habbitats and there prey are dieing.

chase#22 said...

It was FUN learning about owls.Owls have many adaptations one of them is there hearing they can hear just a little mouse far away.Another adaptation is that they can see in the dark that means they are nocturnal animals.Another adaptation is that they can spin there heads 270 degrees around and there claws are a adaptation so that they can rip there food apart.Owls eat raptors like eagles,hawks,and falcons, yum to them.Some owls live in cold climates and some live in warm climates.Owls live in caves,and tree's and more.Farmers like owls because owls eat animals who eat there crops.The food that cannot be digested is called indigestible.The food that is a waste goes into the pellet and it goes out by barfing.Go OWLS!

Josh # 6 said...

Owls are amazing! They can see at night! Not to mention they can see better than any other nocturnal
in the world! They can't move their eyes like we can, but they can almost turn their head all the way around! They move it around so fast that it looks like they turn their head all the way around, but they don't. They can fly in complete sighlents too, so their prey can't hear them. Owls have talons on their feet they act like a cage when an owl picks up its prey with its feet. Owls have great hearing to they can hear a skake slithering across the ground or a rat running from a long ways away.
You will be amazed at what owls eat. They will eat small snakes, birds, and rodents. Owls live all around the world even in Antartica! They live in jungles, forets, and some live in deserts.
Owls connot digest some things such as bones and claws from other small birds. About 12 hrs. they regurgitate the bones into a pellet
and around the bones are skins from what it ate.

nathan said...

Owles have amazing eyesight they have great depth perseptian, great night vision, and great vision. They also have a neck that huge can do a 360! They also have huge have huge have huge have huge talons there like 1 inch long!
Owls also have a great beak. They also have a digestion systom so they regurgitate cant use. They use all those things just to catch food! they normley live in trees. Owles eat rodents. Farmers like owles because they eat all the rodents. Bones and hare can`t be digested so they barf it up.

Eliza said...

I have learned that owls most active at night and i also learned that they can see in the dark thats actually one of there adaptations another adaptation is there KEEN sense of hearing.Another one is that it can turn its head 170 degres around almost all the way around.To turn its head that far it helps them to turn it really fast so it doesnt have to wadle all the way around. And the keen sense of hearing helps them to hear there prey. And the seeing heps them to see at night. Owls eat mostley rodents and sometimes athor animals that our smaller then it. There habitats oure useually our in holles in trees. Farmers like owls becouse they like to eat all the rats and mice on the farm wich is a good thing.Stuff that cant be digested is called indigestable.What can be foundin the pellot is any thing that the owls eat is in the pellot and bones can also be in the pellot there can also be the food that the rat ate and the owle ate the rat.I love owles they are so interesting to talk about.

tyler #4 said...

Owls are very cool animals, and they are fun to study about!The owls adaptations are night vision, keen hearing, talons,nocturnal birds, they can turn their head around 270 centimeters.

Pretty cool right.The purpose of these wonderful powers is to catch their prey,so they won't starve.One owl in the artic can last up to 40 days
without eating!Owls eat little rodents that live on the groung or in a tree!

Owls live in trees in woods and they fly over the the crops when prey is found.Then they swoop down in a flash to catch rodents on the ground.Farmers like owls because they eat and scare rodents that eat and chew on the farmers crops.

Bones are the only food that can not be digested.In an owl pellet a majorady amount of things can be found.Bones and undigested food that owls can not swallow.Owls regurgitate owl pellets it really weird.

DeLynne # 27 said...

I'm am talking to you about owl's. One of their adaptations is their eyes. That is important to them because they can see their pray from far, far away and knowing were it is and how far awayit is. Another is their keen or sense of hearing. That is important to them because they can also hear their pray. Another is their claws. That is important to them because they can claw their pray and they can make their pray be trapped. Another is their head. That is important to them because they can see their pray and look to see if there is danger around them. Thay can turn their heads 270 degrees. Another is their is their wings or feathers. That is so important to them because their feathers muffle up and it makes them silent while their are flying.

Owel's eat voils (rodens), birds, mice, and rats. Their habbitats are different because their is one owl that lives inthe artic and some that live in the warmer areas. Farmers like owl's because they eat all the rodens or voils because the voils or rodens eat all the crop when their still seeds. The food that can not be digested is bones because their to big to swallow. What can be found is an owl pellet.

Spencer # 9 said...

Owl`s are amazing! There are many things that I have learned over the past week. I learned that when the owl's throw-up it is called regugitating.I learned that there are owl's that are active in the day time, not just at night.
Owl's have many adaptations. One is that they can turn their heads 270 degrees! That's just about a full circle! Another adaptation an owl has is the sharp, yet strong talons on their feet. They have 3 pointing forward and 1 pointing back which forms a cage. That helps them by when they catch their prey, the prey will not escape. Owl's have night vison because they are nocturnal. Night vision helps them see in the dark. Owl's have one more adaptation that I will tell you about and that is the feather things on the end of their wings which allows them to sneak up on their prey. The only things the prey can do is call for help or if it's like a group of prarie dogs they could yell,"Heads up Joe." but I don't think that would help the owl's to good for them. The owl's menu is small rodents and snakes.
The owl's habitat is very different from ours. Some live forest,barns,and many other places that I cannot say because I do not know. Farmers like owl's because they eat little pesty rodents that eat the farmers crops. The owl's eat them and later regurgitate the stuff that they cannot digest. Oh, I suppose you would like to know what the "stuff" is. The "stuff" is the hair,tissue,bones,and other things. The stuff not digested is called regurgitate,or puke.

tyler #4 said...

Owls are very cool animals, and they are fun to study about!The owls adaptations are night vision, keen hearing, talons,nocturnal birds, they can turn their head around 270 centimeters.

Pretty cool right.The purpose of these wonderful powers is to catch their prey,so they won't starve.One owl in the artic can last up to 40 days
without eating!Owls eat little rodents that live on the groung or in a tree!

Owls live in trees in woods and they fly over the the crops when prey is found.Then they swoop down in a flash to catch rodents on the ground.Farmers like owls because they eat and scare rodents that eat and chew on the farmers crops.

Bones are the only food that can not be digested.In an owl pellet a majorady amount of things can be found.Bones and undigested food that owls can not swallow.Owls regurgitate owl pellets it really weird.

lee #21! said...

Owls are amazing creatures that God created because of their adaptations. The adaptations for a owl is their sharp claws. One more is their tuffs on their ears and eyes. The tuffs on thier ears helps them here very well. With the tuffs on their eyes either protect them or help them see. They have amazing heads. They can turn their heads 3 quarters of a full circle. That is 270 degrees! We can only turn our heads 180 degrees. Owls can turn their heads that far because their eyes cannot move around. For the feathers of an owl is that they muffle (keep quiet). Owls are nocturnal-active at night and sleep during the day. God is just so amazing to give these creatures all this talent.

Owls eat only small animals because they don't have any teeth. To eat the animals, they have to rip their skin with their sharp talons (claws). then they throw up all the food that can't be digested such as bones, or other hard things.

Owls habitats are all around the world exept in Antartica becauase it is to cold. The coldest place an owl lives in is the Artic Circle which is the snowy owl that lives there.

Farmers like the farm owls because they eat the rodents which kill their crops. To kill the rodents they have to dig into the ground.

seth said...

I can't wait to tell you about owls. Their adotations are that they have spiecial feathers that are on the tip of their wings that muffle the sound of their coming so they can catch their prey with out it running away. Another one is that they have keen hearing so they can hear their prey on the ground from 20 feet away. Another adoptation is that the fethers on the faical disk which is their face help it hear.

Another one is their tolons that help it to hold their prey better to it does not squeeze away.Another adoptation is that they can turn their heads 270 degrese to help the owl see it's prey because owls eyes do not move.Another one is that they can see almost in pitch black at night so that they can see their prey at night, and they have good death-perseption which tells them how far or close their prey is. Owls eat snakes, rats, and mice.their habatat is in the forest and trees. Famers like owls because they eat animals that eat the crops. The food they cannot eat is called a pellet that they regurgitate. In an owl pellet you can find bones, and skin.

sawyer #15 said...

We have been talking about owls for about a week and i think that owls are very coool especially their eyesight it is cool how they can see in the dark and have great depth preseption (that means they can predict how far a target is.)

Owls are great hunters they have sharp talons that are slanted in to keep a tight grip on their prey. owls are noctounal thet means they hunt at night some people think they have the best night vision on earth. Owls have good ears to they can hear the pitter patter of a mouse's footsteps in the grass. Owls muffle their wings so their prey can't hear them.

Owls eat small rodents like mice and rats and sometimes birds snakes and frogs.

Owls mostly live in forests and some of the hardest places to survive like the artic circle and the desert.

Farmers like owls because they eat the rodents thet feed on their crops thats why farmers like Owls.

Food that owls can't digest gets regurgatated it is mostly like the bones and skin and beeks Owls are awesome

lashae said...

Owls have sharp talons, very good eyesight, very good hearing, and special feathers that help them to fly with no sound. They need sharp talons to catch their prey and trap their meal. They need eyesight so they can see in the dark. They need to see in the dark because most owls are noturnal. This means they are mainly active during night time. They need good hearing so that they can hear their prey from far away and so they can hear predetors coming toward them. They need the special feathers so the owl's prey doesn't hear them coming. They eat rodents such as mice, voles, and rats.
They mainly live in the forest, but a specific kind called the Snowy Owl lives in artic places. Farmers like owls because they eat the rodent that come on the farm. Owls do not have teeth so they have to eat their meal whole. They can not digest things like bones, fur, and tails. Then they regurgitate those things in a thing called a pellet. Thank you for listening.

connor said...

Owls are very amazing animals.
Owls have very keen eyes and that helps them see and catch their prey. Another thing about their eyes is that they can see in the dark with them.
Their have keen hearing to. They can hear a mouse stepping on a twig 20 meters away!
They also can twist their head 270 degrees. Their eyes can't move in their sokets so they must turn their whole head.
Their talons help them catch prey and eat.
Their feathers have very fine tips to make them more stealthy.
Owls eat small rodents and creatures.
Farmers like owls because their droppings help firtalize the ground.
The foods that cannot be digested are called pellets.
you can find bones, hair, beaks, and feathers.

Tannen#16 said...

What I have been learning about Owls is that they dont stab their talons into their prey they trap them like a cage(like jail.)It is so amazing how Owls can see through the dark so good.On a video our class was watching these guys were setting up an obstacle that looked like trees(they were not)and it was so dark the guy couldnt see his hand in front of his face!But he got to the end and he said,"Here boy here."And the Owl came swooping through the hard obstacle(they had it on video)and came to the guy and he said,"WOW!"I could menchon a lot more but I have to finish all these questions in 35 minutes!!!!!!Owls are very good sight seeirs for in the night.They can hear little rat feet from very very far away.Owls cant move their eyes like usits kind of like on the back of our eyes is like a rubber band to move them but Owls eyes are kind of like semented to the back of their eyes.We can move our eyes you know but Owls can move their head 270 degrees but we can only turn our heads 180 degrees WOW!Owls dont wine if they dont want to eat that stuff they eat it weter or not.What they eat is rats,frogs snakes rabbits and a lot of other things.Ill name two cool habbitats a mud pit and a hole in a tree.Farmers like Owls because they eat Rodants and Rodants eat the farmers crops.If Owls cant eat the thing they puke out pellets!EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dejay!!! said...

Owls are great!!!!!!!!!!!! They are nocturnal wich means they have night vigen cool!They have sarp claws(talons)to catch prey.They have muffles at the end of their wings so they can be super quiet.


Owls eat small rodents,snakes,birds,and bunnies.They uese they claws and beack.They have no teeth so they swollow it whole.


The Snowy owl lives in the artic circle.Borrow owl digs a hole and raisis her yong.They eat the animals who destory they crop.



I love owls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Samantha said...

Owls are a very amazing animals.

Owls 5 adaptations are:
1. Their keen sense of hearing which helps find their prey and keep safe from their predators.
2. Another adaptation is their grest eyesight even in the dark to see its prey.
3. An owl can also turn its head 270 degrees to see almost all the way around.
4. They have talons that encolse on their prey to trap them.
5. The last adaptation is that they can fly silently which helps them not to reveal themselves to their prey or predators.
Owls eat rodents, small snakes and other small animals.
Owls live in trees, burrows, and even the artic circle depends on the owl.
Farmers like owls because they eat the creatures that kill their plants.
The indigestible food by an owl are called owl pellets. They they regurgitate the undigested parts of animals they eat like their bones and fur. Owls are really cool.

mikayla said...

Owl are one of GOd great animals. The owls adaptations are they can see in the dark to find their prey. And they can look behind them was so they will see a animals that they want to eat. Thier earing is great so they can hear a animals that make little sound. Thier sharp clawls to get their animals that they ate. They ate mouse, rats, frog, and small animas that what owls ate. Thier habitats are trees, and the trees are getting torn down. The farmers like the owls because they get the small animals that are getting their food so the owls willget them,and atee them. They cannot ate bones, fur, and skin. We would found tin the ball things that would not go on.

Molly #19 said...

Our class have been learning about owls in school lately. It has been very fun and I can't wait to learn more interesting thing about them. Owls have many adaptations that help them survive. Owls are raptors-they are birds of prey. They are nocturnal-they are active and hunting at night. They have knight vision so they can hunt during the night. Did you know that owls have the best night vision of any animal in the WORLD!!! Thay also have good depth perception, so they know how close or far away someting is. Owls have keen hearing so they can hear their prey. They have good hearing because they have special feathers that help them.
They have certain feathers that muffles the sound of them flying at night. Thay can turn their heads 270 degrees. That is like looking strait behind you without turning your body. God gave them the ability to do that because their eyes can not move. Us humans can only turn our heads 180 degrees. God is SO AMAZING!!!!
Owls have talons(or claws) that they pick up their prey with. The sharp claws dig into the animals body to soften it up so the owl can swallow it. Thay don't have any teeth so they have to swallow everything hole. The talons are like a cage because the claws are all pointing to the middle so the prey does not escape. That is very smart of God to think of the little things that an owl needs to survive.
Owls eat small animals like voles, rats, mice, smaller birds, and rodents.
They live in forest areas and trees. It slill depends on what kind of owl it is.
Farmers like owls in their farms because they eat the bugs that kill their crops. So owls can be very helpful to farmers to make money.
When owls eat animals they still cannot digest the bones in the animal they ate. These things are called indigestible foods. They get regurgitated out by the owl in a ball called a pellet. Tommorow we will disect an owl pellet and try to find animal bones. Miss TeSlaa hopes all of us get at least one skull. After we have found all the bones we have to peice the bones back together and try to find out what animal our owl ate. Owls are very interesting animals to learn in school and I can't wait to disect them tommorow. It will be SO EXCITING!!!

Nicholas said...

Owls are Gods amazing cretures.
They have keen hearing.

Their tallons are like acage so the prey doesnt get away.

They can almost completely turn their head around.

They can be nocturnal or they will hunt during the day.

They have one feather on the tips of their wings that muffles the sound of their flapping wings.

They use their tallons and beak to tear of meat from their prey because they have no teeth.

Then they spit back out the thins they cant eat.

Owls eat mice and roddents.

Owls habitats are trees, underground, and the Artic Circle.

Farmers like owls because they eat the animals that eat their crops.

Food that not digested is called reuurgitateed food.

What some of it is is bones, hair andliver and stuff like that

Kelci #10 said...

God has made owls perfectly. He made them with good adaptations so they can live. I will tell you the adaptations of an owl. One adaptation is the owl's depth preseption. It helps the owl so it can drop down and grab its food off the ground while it's still flying and go somwhere to eat it.

Another adaptation is how it can turn its head 270 degrees. Owls have this because they don't have eyes that can move. Our eyes can just turn, but the owls can't move it's eyes. It's like they're semented into their head. It helps them so they can see their prey almost anywhere around them. If they didn't have this they would have to waddle around, but the prey would see them and run away.

The next one is that they can see in the dark. Owls usually hunt at night so that is good for them to have it. If they didn't have this talent they couldn't hunt at night. Owls are nocturnal so that means they are active at night. That is why they hunt at night.

The last adaptation is their talons (big claws). They use these claws for a cage when they get their prey.

Owls eat vuls (rodents),mice, and rats.

The owls habitat could be anywhere. The snowy owl lives in antartica. Some owls are burrow owls. They live in burrows.

Farmers like owls because they eat the bad rodents that eat their crop.

The only food that won't be digested is bons. They come out in a form of pellet. It comes out with skin and tissue from the food. There can be little hairs in the pellet and there will be bones. God made owls special.

Logan #1 said...

Owl's are amazing creatures that God created and he gave owl's great adaptations one adaptation of an owl is they are nocturnal which means they are active at night. Another adaptation of an owl is it has good night vision which means they can see very good in the dark so night vision helps the owl because they can see their prey in the dark Another adaptations of an owl is that they have a keen sence of hearing this helps them because the can here far away and they can here there prey what makes them here so go is that they have feathers that catch sound and they can hear from verrrrrrrry far away they also have feathers that muffle their sound. Another adaptation is it has a keen sence of hearing this helps them because they can smell verrrrrrrry far away to catch their prey. Another adaptation of an owl is it has verrrrrrrry sharp talons this helps them because they can trap their prey and keep it from escaping their grasp. Another adaptation is owl's can turn their heads 270 degrees!!!! They can also turn their head lightning fast which helps them see their prey very fast. Another adaptation is an owl has good depth perception this helps them by making them know about how far away their prey is and about were it is. Owl's eat snakes, voles, mice, and other rodents and insects. Thier habitats are trees and swamps more and more owls are dying because their homes are being destroyed. Farmers like owls because they eat insects and other bugs that destroy their crops. The food that owls do not digest is called owl pellets owl pellets are made when owls regurgitate or throw up. In owl pellets you can find skeletons, fur, and other parts of animals people exspecially bioligist look inside owl pellets because they want to know what owls have been eating.

Mason # 3 said...

Owals are one of Gods amazing creatures. One of there amazing adaptions are there keen sense of hearing. They can hear a mouse that is on the other side of the field. One otheradaption is that they have keen eye sight THERE EYES CAN Not move. THey can turn there head so far. They are by far the coolest nocturnal animal. That means that they can fly good at night. They have very sharp talons that are not flexible. It helps them to catch there food.

Owls eat rats and other rodents and small animals like frogs. The food that cannot be digested is called a pellet. They regurgitate it.
Owls are the best animal ever created.

riley said...

Owls are amazing creatures! One thing that is amazing about them is their keen eyesite. They can see a rat from high up in a tree. I mean we can't even see a mouse's tail peaking out from behind a coverd.Another adaptatoin is it's claws also known as talons.I bet your wodering why they are an adaptation, well it is because their talons are curled a little towards the inside of their feet which is like cage around their
prey.Their hearing is incredible,they can hear a mouse steping on a twig over a loooongg ways away.Owls eat rats,mice,voles,snakes,and other small rodents.Owls habitats are in the trees and in barns,but the burroing owl lives in holes in the ground where they raise their young.Many tree owls are losing their habitats because more and more loggers are coming into the woods to cut down trees for wood.Farmers like owls because they kill the mice that eat the crops.

mattea said...

Owls are amazing.
I have learned alot about owls.
I am going to tell you all of the owls adaptations.One of them is their eye sight. Their eyes can see in the dark. Another is their ears. Their ears have feathers that help it catch every little sound. Another is their wings. Their wings have fur at the end so you can not hear them flying. Another is their claws. Their claws can curve in like a cage so their pray can not fall out. Another is their neck. Their neck can turn 780 degries around so they can see around them if they turn their heads.
Owls eat mice , small snacks , small birds, and alote of rodents.
Their habatats are trees,snowy places,and forests.
Farmers like owls because they eat the animals that eat the crops.
Food that cannot be digested is called indigesttable food. In pellots you con find tissue and bones of an animal.
Owls are very amazing.

*Zharayya* said...

Owls adaptations are very keen eye sight, which means that they have very, very good eye sight at night so it makes them good at hunting. Owls also have muffled wings, so when they fly to sneak up on their prey the prey do not hear them coming. They have special feathers on their face that give them great sense of hearing. So they can hear a mouse or snake move.The last adaptation is that they have the ability to turn their head 270 degrees around. Wich is important because owls can't move their eyes to see their prey, so they can't see their prey, so they can turn their heads 270 degrees very, very quickly.
Owls eat a lot of roidents and snakes and other birds. Some owls live in barns, deserts, but mostly in the forests.