Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-13 | Page 4 | Queer Quirks of Nature

I uEE S NATURE 4 sa F v l t 4 S i 4 t- t td d Tl Oh 01 RODENTS DAY IS IR SIGHT TO OWL fly Dr So Y PICK P t n an Nature Asao elation This night worker with his lIs bright eyes and his hll remarkably keen hearing Is not awake all II night and add asleep all day merely inertly to flU fill fillus us ua with suspicion about hi his hia rious hour houra and actions Ho He Is la the tha watchman whom nature has hae provided to keep down the gophers rats squirrels and mice who would otherwise completely overrun us us And too he will witt never fall asleep on oa the for fer each delicious night prowler he ho catches Is fe 1 a de- de de licious gulp for tor him forhia He lie Is t unusually well equipped for his hia mission Ills His wi wide do eyes placed directly In the tha front of his head bead are extremely sen sensitive and his hie hearIng Is so go sharp tharp that he can detect the slightest sound And too his neck is II eo 10 o flexible that It if his l keen een ears catch the faintest su sue sus suspicion ot of o A noise nOhe h he can turn hl hi his head bead directly to the back bask without another movement of ot his body His HII clothing Is II light tight and soft lOft en- en enabling enabling en enabling abling him to move without a sound sound and catch the little roUnd ground animAls In his hta strong poInted claws before they have any warn warn- warn warn-In In log of or his nearness And the appetite appetito of ot the owl is tremendous He Ha la Ie 1 not p what he eats oats but swallows fur quantities bones and all In unlimited ties later disgorging what hili hie stomach cannot digest The caps calls call ot of o the different owls owls- I the whimper of o the tho screech owl the hoot of the great horned owl 01 and the creech screech ot of o the barn owl doubtless u sound found uncanny to some But that hat perhaps Is because we e lI IRe e so much mach In the daylight that we weAre weare Are not accustomed to to strange noises whose origin we wa cannot lo- lo lo locate tale cater