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Barn Owl, tyto alba, Adult in flight, Normandy

The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world. Spring Snowflake (Leucojum vernum) is a flowering plant in the spring forest. Beautiful carpet of flowering spring snowflake.

Portrait of a barn owl in a hole of the old barn. The typical white heart shaped face is clearly visible. For this kind of owls is common to living near humans.

A shot of a beautiful and happy looking young barn owl

Eurasian pygmy owl in natural habitat. The smallest European owl sits on the moss.

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) flying in an apple orchard with autumn colors in the background in Noord Brabant in the Netherlands

Beautiful tawny owl (Strix aluco) sitting in an old oak tree.

Beautiful Barn owl (Tyto alba) sitting on a branch in an apple tree. Autumn background. Noord Brabant in the Netherlands.

Barn owl sitting on the rock, looking at lens, clean green background, Czech Republic

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) sitting in a tree with autumn colors in the background in Noord Brabant in the Netherlands

A Great Horned Owl in captivity after being rescued following an injury.

Side view of a Barn Owl, nocturnal bird of prey, flying wings spread, Tyto alba, isolated on withe

Extremely rare shot of a Barn Owl, Schleiereule (Tyto Alba) in flight. Nikon D810. Converted from RAW.

A Barn Owl perched on a fence overlooking the Kent countryside in England.

Photography of a sitting Barn Owl up close

$An Owl's daily activity begins with preening, stretching, yawning and combing its head with its claws. The plumage is often ruffled up, and claws and toes are cleaned by nibbling with the beak. The Owl will then leave its roost, sometimes giving a call (especially in breeding season)\n\nLike most owls, the barn owl is nocturnal, relying on its acute sense of hearing when hunting in complete darkness. It often becomes active shortly before dusk and can sometimes be seen during the day when relocating from one roosting site to another. In Britain, on various Pacific Islands and perhaps elsewhere, it sometimes hunts by day. This practice may depend on whether the owl is mobbed by other birds if it emerges in daylight. However, in Britain, some birds continue to hunt by day even when mobbed by such birds as magpies, rooks and black-headed gulls, such diurnal activity possibly occurring when the previous night has been wet making hunting difficult. By contrast, in southern Europe and the tropics, the birds seem to be almost exclusively nocturnal, with the few birds that hunt by day being severely mobbed.\n\nBarn owls are not particularly territorial but have a home range inside which they forage. For males in Scotland this has a radius of about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the nest site and an average size of about 300 hectares. Female home ranges largely coincide with that of their mates. Outside the breeding season, males and females usually roost separately, each one having about three favored sites in which to conceal themselves by day, and which are also visited for short periods during the night. Roosting sites include holes in trees, fissures in cliffs, disused buildings, chimneys and haysheds and are often small in comparison to nesting sites. As the breeding season approaches, the birds move back to the vicinity of the chosen nest to roost.$

Closed up nocturnal bird in silhouette, adult Brown wood-owl, low angle view, half shot, in the night sitting on the branch of tropical tree in nature of tropical moist montane forest, national park in high mountain of northern Thailand.

Common Barn Owl, Tyto alba, in the yellow leaves of a tree during Autumn or Fall

European Barn Owl (Tyto Alba) in completely natural habitat, United Kingdom

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