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Lovely Owl

Hello friends, happy Sunday to all of you, today’s topic is Owl, one of my favorite bird.

Owl is lovely bird but with complications in terms of whether it brings good or bad luck, belief changes from territory to territory. The topic is so deep that one can write pages and page, there are lots of stories attached with owl since childhood and hence it is difficult to pick and choose on write up.

There are two different beliefs about Owl which remains inconclusive as it is linked to religion, at some places owls are used for scarifies for black magic (Tantrik Vidya), this is unfortunate for survival of such a beautiful bird, hope some efforts will be made by the Forest Department to save Owls.

Good omen: In some part it is viewed as good omen where it is believed that it represents Lakshmi Devi’s Vahana

Bad Omen: One of the worst beliefs about Owl is viewed as symbol of bad luck, ill health or death without any logic. It was believed that owls were harbingers of death, if one saw an owl or heard its hoot, someone was going to die and unfortunately this belief is widespread even today.

I have been tracking Owls across the places for past four years and I found them Super se bhi Uper bird. In my opinion Owls are unquestionably gorgeous and mysterious bird, they are surely not the symbol of death, illness or bad luck.

Introduction

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes about 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey. Owls have super-tuned senses that help them hunt prey all over the places, they feed on small mammals such as rodents, insects, and other birds, and a few species like to eat fish as well.

Mysterious facts about Owls

1. Owls can turn head almost all the way around

2. Owls are far sighted, Instead of spherical eyeballs, owls have "eye tubes"

3. Owls swallow preay whole then barf up the carcass

4. Some time Owl eats other species of Owl or large prey like such as small deer

Types of Owl

Forest owlet very rare and found near Tansa River in Maharashtra, Jungle owlet, Bran owl, Brown fish owl, Eagle Owl, Mottled wood owl, Scoops owl, Spotted owlet and may more which I am yet to evaluate

Owls are found in cities as well as forest land based on type of type of owl, they are photogenic because of beautiful eyes hence it is in favorite list of wildlife lovers.

Posting pictures of different types of owls, hope you will love it.

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