A Hands-on Series of Activities to Help You Understand and Appreciate an

Owl’s Senses and Your Own

Created by Matt Welter

4-H Youth Development Educator Manitowoc County

What Makes a Predator?

Northern Pygmy Owl, Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute http://carriep.org/pygmy-owl-research

Northern Pygmy Owl, National Park Service, Bandelier National Monument

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kSBGUq3T-o&feature=em-upload_owner

So the owl has good senses of seeing at night and hearing we have a sense that an owl does not have a sense of smell. Take a look at this great horned owl. Does he have a nose. A bill is not a nose.

Turkey Vulture Nostril, Smithsonian.org www.poweredbybirds.com

Click picture when ready

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBc-PIotdHQ

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FkP4Ro2gRl8

Let’s end with a cute owl video!