Wednesday 17 October 2012

Tropical Screech Owls!

                                                            Tropical Screech Owls


A Tropical Screech Owl  lives in Brazil. They have pointy ears and very sharp beaks, it could be one of the sharpest beaks in the world. A Tropical screech owl is generally a very common owl, found in certain places mostly like Brazil. They lay at least 1-3 eggs, they normally lay them in January. Most owls weigh about 95-160g and are about 20-24cm. However they  have beautiful amber eyes, their body has lovely, smooth feathers which are grey. They mainly eat ants,bats,grasshoppers,spiders,arthpods,  moth, beetles, caterpillars, earthworms, termites, crickets, raspy crickets, frogs, small snakes, vertebartes, scorpians, harvestman, mole and rats. However the length of their wingspan is 146-180mm.





By Eliza!

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