One owl kills about 1000 field mice over the summer
Owls have long attracted the attention of man. After all, these extremely useful birds belong to hunters and those predators, who eats mice. During the mass distribution of wild types of mice owls attack tailed pests, completely without touching other animals. Than and bring great benefits to agricultural and forest land. So one owl destroys up to 1000 field mice over the summer.
Features of birds of prey
The owl has excellent eyesight and hearing. It is well captured faint light, and therefore particularly acute in the twilight and at night. The light of the day is not pleasant to her.Therefore, the feathered creature prefers to hunt exclusively at sunset or in the moonlight, not only looking for, but also listening to their prey. Birds are able to hear the murmur of a few meters. At the moments when the predator listens to its prey, it spreads the feathers covering the ears, which allows the auricle to perceive even the slightest sound.
What they eat and how they hunt mice
Favorite delicacy of the predator are chickens, snakes, bats, beetles and grasshoppers. In nature, the owl eats field and forest mice, hedgehog, frog and lizard. She will not refuse fish, crabs or mussels. Quenching the thirst with the blood of the victims, the predator is able to live without water for several months.
Especially a lot of rodents owl destroys the summer. Each individual needs approximately 2–3 mice per day. And if you consider that the same amount it should bring to each owl, then in the end it can destroy about a thousand pests. If the owl caught the mouse before feeding its offspring with it, it would gut the carcass. Sovenku gets only meat and skin. A saturated chick begins to turn its head.
Feather hunt is also a problem for winter birds, when the amount of feed is much less. To overwinter, the bird kills not only rodents. In the winter, the owl hunts both hares and small birds, does not hesitate even carrion.
To catch prey, the hunter uses several methods. She can choose a high place from where it will be most convenient to look out for prey. Seeing the victim, the owl catches the mouse with its tenacious claws. In a larger animal, it not only digs in claws, but also hits it with its powerful beak until the animal stops resisting.
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