Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Owl about Owls

04.05.2022 - By American Public MediaPlay

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We’re headed off to an owl sanctuary to meet up with Nolan the know-it-owl for a special night owl Tour. We hear the sound of owl wings and check out some super-tubular owl eye facts. Find out how owls can swivel their heads 270 degrees and why their ears are at uneven spots on their heads. We’ll meet a poetry-loving barn owl named Olive, who fills us in on why owls are considered wise. Fun fact: owls are sometimes classified by their sounds -- bigger owls are hooters and smaller owls are tooters!

Special Thanks to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for the owl sounds used in this episode:

Jian Diego Fernández / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML420855751)

Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML97928071)

Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML188805)

Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML100707)

Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML140258)

Thomas G. Sander / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML125346)

William R. Fish / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML22874)

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