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<\/a>“Here’s the owl on our ranch that I named Wol after the owl in the\u00a0Owls in the\u00a0Family<\/em> book I’m reading in class,” says my daughter.<\/p><\/div>\n
THE GREAT HORNED OWL ON MY RANCH \u00a0by my 7 year old daughter<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re brave enough to go out at night, you might see an owl because owls are nocturnal. \u00a0You will know that it is a Great Horned Owl because they have tufts of feathers on their ears that look like horns. \u00a0They are the most common owl in North America. \u00a0I know a lot about Great Horned Owls because one lives on our ranch.<\/p>\n
Great Horned Owls spend most of their time hunting. \u00a0Owls are sit-and-wait predators. \u00a0They quietly watch their prey from a high perch and then silently fly to grab their prey who don\u2019t know they\u2019re coming. \u00a0The owl at our ranch sits and waits on our barn roof. \u00a0One time, my brother saw it swoop down to grab a chicken. \u00a0We saw the owl on a branch high up in the tree next to the chicken coop with our special chicken dead in his powerful, sharp talons. \u00a0That was a very sad day. \u00a0It will also eat mice, rats, rabbits, squirrels, and even skunks. \u00a0I do like that owls will eat the smelly skunks on our ranch.<\/p>\n
Adult owls have no predators, except on our ranch. \u00a0On our ranch, my older brother is hunting the owl to keep our chickens safe. \u00a0Since it is against the law to hurt an owl, we really just try to scare it away. \u00a0We look for the Great Horned Owl by searching for his big, yellow eyes. \u00a0Their eyes are as large as human eyes. \u00a0When I was little, I remember waking up in the night and seeing owl eyes looking at me through the window. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t a nightmare. \u00a0It was a real owl on a branch outside my window.<\/p>\n
If you want to see a Great Horned Owl, you need to ask your mom and dad if you can come for a sleepover on my ranch.<\/p>\n