Owls Links
Verified and Updated August 3, 2000

• Strigiformes (Owls) of the World—a list of owl species. Part of the Birds of the World on the Web project.
• A Local Biodiversity Action Plan For The Barn Owl—The Cheshire (UK) Wildlife Trust's strategy to help barn owls survive.
• Owls 2000—Details about a conference on "the biology, conservation, and cultural significance of owls" sponsored by the Manning Clarke Centre of Australian National University in Canberra.
• The Owlman of Mawnan—bizarre story from the UK about the sighting of "a big, feathered bird-man hovering over the church tower at Mawnan (a village near the mouth of the Helford River)."
• A Little Wail in the Dark—Article about screech owls.
• The Barn Owl (Tyto alba)—Info. about barn owls, PLUS instructions on how to build owl nest boxes with off-the-shelf materials! Attract owls to your yard!!
• Missouri Owls—Excellent basic information about various owls found in Missouri (and elsewhere throughout the U.S.), By James D. Wilson, Ornithologist; Reprinted from the Missouri Conservationist.
• Myth of the Owls (Pu'eo)—Cool story from Hawai'i.
• Online Writing Labs (OWLs)— Are you stumped on how to approach a writing assignment? Sweating over thesis statements, grammar, and citations? OWLs offer help in these areas and many others.
• Spotted Owls on the Colorado Plateau by David Willey, Ph.D, Research Wildlife Ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey — Good info. about Mexican spotted owls in northern Arizona and efforts to preserve their habitat. Includes an extensive spotted owl bibliography.
• Owlsports.com—Sports news about the Temple University Owls. (Note: Temple U. is jazz fan Bill Cosby's alma mater.)
• Text of the Olympic Experimental State Forest Act—Summary of the 1992 law designed to protect the northern spotted owl and its habitat.
• South Oregon Owls—Great first-hand account by Dave Siddon from Southern Oregon Magazine, plus excellent photos by the author.
• Of Owls, Wooden Walls, and Flower Girls—Fascinating information about the use of the owl on ancient Greek coins. By Michael E. Marotta.
• Owls—from the Gresham (Oregon) High School On-line Museum of Natural History of the Pacific Northwest
• North Dakota's Outdoor Wildlife Learning Site (OWLS)—(North Dakota Outdoors, Feb. 1995)
• Animals-Birds: Owls-Strigiformes—Nice owl pix from Photovault.
• Rice Owls Women's Basketball—Rice University, Houston, Texas.
• The Owls' Nest—Catalog, listings of owl (replica) collecting events, & info. about owl clubs, newsletters and magazines. Links to many other owl-related web sites.

Last updated on August 03, 2000