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Photographs of “naked” owls ruffled the internet’s feathers even though the raptors appeared to lack their own.
Widely shared photos of the featherless skeletons of barn owls went viral in January 2017 when writer Dana Schwartz shared in a Twitter post what the nocturnal birds supposedly look like underneath it all. (Though the original tweet is now unavailable, it has been archived here for reference.)
Bet Lott, a raptor specialist at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, confirmed to Snopes that the above photograph does indeed show an owl without its feathers.
The owl in question is a barn owl scientific name Tyto alba known for its ghost-like appearance and rasping shrieks. Reaching a height of about a foot tall, barn owls are found on all six continents and particularly enjoy hanging out in barns in hopes of feeding on mice and rats, as the raptor’s name suggests. Because their hunting depends on stealth, the feathers on owls are specially adapted to hel
What s True
It is true that a snowy owl was spotted in Central Park on Jan. 27, 2021, making it one of the most recent observations of the species in the area. One of the last and most well-known records of a snowy owl in the park occurred in 1890. What s False
It is not known with certainty whether this is the first spotting of a snowy owl in Central Park in over 130 years. What s Undetermined
Records indicate that a snowy owl was also seen in Central Park on March 6, 1993. However, no observer is listed, making it difficult if not impossible to verify the report.
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