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tawny owl

NOUN
  1. reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes

How To Use tawny owl In A Sentence

  • So now I'm the proud owner of a tawny owl. Times, Sunday Times
  • Patterns of bird bone fragmentary in pellets of the Tawny owl (Strix aluco) and the Eagle owl (Bubo bubo) and their taphonomic implications. Archive 2006-02-01
  • In fact, I consider myself very lucky to live in a neighbourhood where all the houses are easy shot-put distances from large, mature trees: trees which countrify the landscape, moderate the weather, produce a tawny owl or a spotted woodpecker right next to my bedroom window, and let me wander around all morning in my dressing gown if I want. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • The best-known of the British owls is the tawny owl. Times, Sunday Times
  • They are smaller than tawny owls and come out in the daytime but are said to feed mostly at night. Times, Sunday Times
  • Barn owls, little owls and tawny owls hunt there, for permanent grassland has by far the highest number of voles. Times, Sunday Times
  • Yesterday I found a tawny owl, face down in the paddling pool. Times, Sunday Times
  • A 20-year-old tawny owl has astonished conservationists by becoming the oldest breeding female found in the wild. Times, Sunday Times
  • I go to sleep to the sound of tawny owls and awaken to green pastures. Times, Sunday Times
  • They are like slightly smaller tawny owls with ear tufts and bright orange eyes. Times, Sunday Times
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