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We passed a year of dealing with the coronavirus shutdowns about a month ago. You’ve dealt with a lot – learning new technology to help remote work and school flow more easily, playdates over FaceTime or Zoom instead of at your favorite playground, feelings of isolation and loss – yourself and your kids included.

These animals hang out on rocky cliff faces, getting into precarious places that we humans would have difficulty reaching on our own. Thankfully these animals have hooves that are designed exactly for this kind of activity.

Talons can vary in shape and size, all depending on the species of bird. In fact, a bird’s talons can give us more insight into what it eats than their beaks can.

There are two hypotheses as to why owls have adapted to fly so silently compared to other birds. The first is that flying silently helps them capture prey by making sure the prey doesn’t know they’re coming.

Boreal owls are known scientifically as Aegolius funereus. They also are known as Tengmalm’s Owl, after the surname of a Swedish naturalist.

Science is so important for children.

These owls are very good at laying low and not being discovered.  They live in forests in North America and for the winter, they’ll migrate to the central and southern areas of the United States.

Snowy owls are beautiful birds of prey, and one of the largest of the owl family in the entire world. They breed in the far north and migrate south during winter months to extend their feeding range.

Children learn in a variety of ways. Some prefer auditory learning, tactile learning, or kinesthetic learning, while others learn more easily through visuals.

Spotted Owls are medium owls with dark brown feathers and white spots. They also have striking dark eyes.

Because of their different diet, pellets from Horned Owls are more challenging to identify prey.  The pellets are chalkier, more porous and more fragile than Barn Owl pellets.

After spending months working from home, schooling from home, staring from one screen to the next can start driving you crazy. You go from your computer to your phone to the television and without a commute, it feels like there’s no real break from everything where you can put the phone away and just sit and do something completely different.