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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) is the most common owl in Poland, which, like other owls, feeds mainly on rodents, it also does not disdain smaller birds, earthworms, lizards, snakes and even bats. This owl with greyish-brown feathers, the construction of which enables noiseless flight at night, is a bird of prey and territorial. In early spring, preferably on clear and windless nights, you can hear their voice. Males call females and females respond. They become silent when incubating the eggs. Young tawny owls call for food from their parents and only then can you realize that they are present in a given place. Tawny Owls lead a sedentary lifestyle and sometimes occupy specific places in old hollow trees for years, which are less and less due to uncontrolled logging. At the same time, the use of chemicals in agriculture and the use of poisons for rodents in open areas, as well as collisions with vehicles at night, are associated with a decrease in the number of these beneficial birds in Poland.

 

 

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