These plumes came from woodpeckers, bluebirds, owls, herons and warblers, thousands of which were killed each year.

Last October's entertainments cost parents an estimated £3.1 billion, and more still in toil and trauma on the trail of everything from owls to ghouls.

It seemed to him that every night sound, from owls to crickets, stopped in those moments.

Not until 1998 was the Christmas Island Hawk-owl considered a separate species from other owls.

The enemies range from owls, rolling eyeballs, flesh eating fish and deadly insects.

This makes them safe from hawks and owls.

Ugly bird-scare devices (there is a wide variety of them, from fake owls to flapping silver strips) also work pretty well and are readily available.

The meadow jumping mouse has many predators ranging from owls, foxes, hawks, and weasels.

A range of pellets from owls (top) and diurnal birds of prey (bottom).

Table 2.3 Summary of bone assemblages from owls (mammals only)