Owls: Our Most Charming Bird

by Matt Sewell

Overview

An enchanting illustrated guide to owl species of the world.

The owl is one of nature’s most captivating creatures. In this enchanting guide, artist Matt Sewell brings to life fifty species from around the world. From the adorable Eurasian Pygmy Owl, small enough to fit in your pocket, to the Great Gray Owl, celebrated for its size and elegance—these charming illustrations are sure to delight anyone intrigued by these wise and wonderful animals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607748809
Publisher:	Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Publication date:	09/22/2015
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	82 MB
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About the Author

MATT SEWELL is an avid ornithologist, regular contributor to the Caught by the River website, and the author of several other illustrated bird books. His work has been exhibited in London, Manchester, New York, Tokyo, and Paris.

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Introduction

It’s simple: everybody loves owls! They are all things for all men, women and children. Owls are tough, wise, spooky, scary, majestic, austere, spiritual, easy to draw, inspirational, and cute. 

In a work of wonder, every family of owl has evolved totemic skills for survival in habitats around the globe—the lush woodlands of Europe, mountainside glades of the Himalayas, savannahs of Africa, dust bowls of the Americas, and the equatorial tropical rainforests. 

However we like to depict the owl—creepy and haunting, or majestic and beautiful—their singularity in the animal kingdom and their unflinching colonization of our Earth is simply breathtaking. 

And that is why I love owls.

Table of Contents

WOODLAND OWLS
Barn Owl 14
Eurasian Pygmy
Owl 17
Little Owl 19
Tawny Owl 20
Striped Owl 22
Long-Eared Owl 25
Short-Eared Owl 27
Jamaican Owl 28
Collared
Scops Owl 30
Northern
Saw-Whet Owl 33
Barred Owl 35


TROPICAL OWLS
Greater Sooty Owl 39
Oriental Bay Owl 40
Maned Owl 42
Spectacled Owl 45
Long-Whiskered
Owlet 46
Black-and-White
Owl 48
Spotted Wood Owl 51
Buff-Fronted Owl 53
Fearful Owl 54
Crested Owl 56
Brown Fish Owl 59
African Wood Owl 61


WILDERNESS
OWLS
Ural Owl 64
Scops Owl 67
Flammulated Owl 69
Eurasian
Eagle-Owl 70
Blakiston’s
Fish Owl 72
Snowy Owl 75
Hawk Owl 77
Great Gray Owl 78
Boreal Owl 80
Giant Scops Owl 83
Jungle Owlet 85


DESERT OWLS
Northern White-Faced Owl 89
Great Horned Owl 90
Southern
Boobook Owl 92
Spotted Eagle-Owl 95
Verreaux’s
Eagle-Owl 97
Pel’s Fishing Owl 98
Elf Owl 100
Powerful Owl 103
Burrowing Owl 105
Stygian Owl 106
Brown Wood Owl 108
Dusky Eagle-Owl 111
Omani Owl 113