Back to Utah Animals Barn Owls are more nocturnal than other owls. They wait until dark before starting out to hunt, except when the demands of their young may start them hunting at twilight. Normally, before daylight, they retire to some shadowed or enclosed area in an old building, a hollow tree or a hole in a rocky cliff and remain there drowsily inactive all day. When hunting at night, the Barn Owl sweeps the fields on silent wings catching its prey with its long, slender claws. Hunts in areas rich in rodents, along desert washes and canyons, where trees for perching are available.
Barn Owls are more nocturnal than other owls. They wait until dark before starting out to hunt, except when the demands of their young may start them hunting at twilight. Normally, before daylight, they retire to some shadowed or enclosed area in an old building, a hollow tree or a hole in a rocky cliff and remain there drowsily inactive all day.
When hunting at night, the Barn Owl sweeps the fields on silent wings catching its prey with its long, slender claws. Hunts in areas rich in rodents, along desert washes and canyons, where trees for perching are available.
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