💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A barn #owl can catch a #mouse in a completely dark room using only its sense of #hearing.

The secret lies in its #feathers – reflective facial disc feathers focus #sound into asymmetrically placed #ears, while serrated wing feathers muffle noise mid-flight. Engineers at #Siemens are now mimicking owl feathers to make quieter #windturbines.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/the-secret-to-a-barn-owls-deadly-night-hunting-is-hidden-in-its-feathers/

#barnowl #owls #predator #hunting #biomimicry #engineering #biology #evolution #ornithology

Young Western Barn Owls tucked into the wooden ceiling of a refuge pavilion 🪶 Their pale faces and golden-brown feathers blend right into the warm wood around the nest.

📍 Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge, Anahuac, TX
📸 Canon R50 + RF100-400

#Birds #BarnOwl #WesternBarnOwl #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #TexasBirds #WoodSpritePhoto

The Genius of the Barn Owl's Feathers

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-genius-of-the-barn-owls-feathers/

#HackerNews #barnowl #feathers #nature #innovation #science #wildlife

Сова для вк

#handmade #art #owl #barnowl #сова #сипуха #птица #bird #birds #miniature #painting #stoneart #pebble #rock #арт #миниатюра #ручнаяработа #animalart #animal

I went back with my camera this morning and it turns out that it was a bird standing by its nest rather than one roosting that I saw yesterday - fortunately with a lot of zoom at my disposal and not having left the verge of the fairly busy road I can be confident that I didn’t disturb them as that would have been bad.

Edited because I forgot the important tag #NotADuck

#BarnOwl #TytoAlba #LowCarbonBirding #Birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Birds #Nature

Today’s morning walk meant I got to spot a roosting barn owl. Wouldn’t have seen that if I were sat in a metal box on wheels - another reason to much prefer an active #FakeCommute to an actual commute in the car.

#JustWalk #BarnOwl #TytoAlba #LowCarbonBirding

In my clean out and escape from Flickr, I am coming across a LOT of photos I love, like these young Barn owls exploring a ....... barn 😄 #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #birdphotography #BarnOwl #scotland #Picflow

https://scozmosphotery.picflow.com/2CDQwdJ2JhQXhuDH