An owl is considered to be a holy bird by the Hindus in India. It was very sacred to the ancient Romans too. It is small in size. It is an odd looking bird. It has a round large head. Its eyes are very big and the bill is curved.
An owl is of different colours and kinds. It lives in the holes of trees or in dark old towers. It eats rice, mice, insects and small birds.
An owl is a night bird. It sleeps by day and hunts at night. Like a cat or a dog, an owl can clearly see in darkness. At night, it comes out of its hiding place and some of us try to imitate it. The call of the owl is considered very ominous and it fills the silence of the silent
An owl keeps a keen watch for its prey and pounces on it whenever it finds one moving below.
