Tawny Owls are a very natural owl in Europe. They usually come in two colors, either a brownish or grayish. Their wingspan is 81-105cm (32-41in). They weigh 385-800grams. Tawny owl females are 5% larger and 25% more heavy than the males. Tawny owls fly higher than Eurasian Owls. The grey feathered tawny owls are seen more in cooler areas since their colors provide them camouflage with the snow. The brown tawny owls prefer living in the freezing and white environment.Tawny owls like to eat, woodland rodents, small mammals such as young rabbits, voles, rats and hares. They also like to eat, beetles, birds, songbirds, house sparrows, ermine and earthworms.
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Tawny owls are changing from white to brown, so they can survive in their warming climate. Scientists have said, as winters become milder, grey feather tawny owls are likely to disappear. In years when winter weather was bad, there was an increased mortality rate in the brown tawny owl community. This could be because brown tawny owls were more seen by predators when there was solid snow cover. Tawny owls will be impacted by hard winters and food scarcity due to climate change. Voles are the most important prey for tawny owls,they count for 62% of their food. The tawny owl community will die off unless a normal vole cycle starts up again. Tawny owls cannot breed offspring that will survive unless they have enough voles to feed for their young. This shows that we need to stop climate change now so that tawny owl populations can survive through the harsh winters and have offspring that will live for a long time.
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Hi Charlotte, I read your article and I was wondering if certain climate problems get worse such as global warming or plastic pollution, Will you see a decrease in these owls and if so, what would happen to the rest of the ecosystem with the loss of these owls?
ReplyDeleteHi Vincent,
DeleteAs global warming gets worse, we will see a decrease in these owls because the vole population has gone down so they can't breed and have babies that will live for a long time. Without tawny owls the small rodent population would go down. Thank you for reading and commenting on my blog
Hi Charlotte,
ReplyDeleteWould you be able to suggest anything to help these owls? Is there any organizations that specialize in breeding and helping these animals? They are absolutely gorgeous birds and I love the picture you added.
Hi Paige,
DeleteI think that we should stop climate change so that these owls can live for longer. I am not sure about any organizations that specialize in breeding and helping tawny owls. I think that they are really pretty birds too and thank you!, I really like the picture too. Thank you for commenting on my blog :)
A lot of solid information that you've used in your blog! If this owl species eventually becomes extinct what would we do? How would this effect the ecosystem as a whole? Do you think there's anything that can be done to prevent extinction? If so what steps in the right direction could be made?
ReplyDeleteAn interesting side effect of climate change. Do you see this as related to ideas of evolution? If the owls change color, isn't that them evolving to the climate? Is the real issue their environment and food chain being disrupted?
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