Tyto alba
(L 16" WS 42" Wt 1 lb)
Salton Sea/Imperial
Valley area
07Jan2014
Silent night time predators
...numbers declining due to
habitat destruction.
Pennsylvania one year (before
1940) paid out $90,000 in
bounties for the killing of 130,000
owls and hawks.
(Bill Bryson)
Tyto is Greek for owl; alba
is Latin for white.
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Peterson
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Macaulay
Library