Nature News Winter 2002-2003

Beautifully illustrated with color pencil and watercolor artwork, this large-format book introduces the features and habits of North American owls.

North American Owls:  Biology and Natural History
Paul A. Johnsgard

This lovely book would make a great gift for the owl lover in your life.  Great pictures and descriptions.  Also available in Paperback.

This paperback book has a list of owl watching sites throughout North America.  It also provides descriptions, pictures and lots of good information.

Learn how to go 'Owling".  Descriptions and pictures help beginners find and identify owls.

From Arnosky's All About . . . series, this colorfully illustrated includes plenty of information about the owl's physical features and habits as well as more specific facts about a few American species. There is a double-page spread that  focuses on owls' eyes, using paintings of a great horned owl to illustrate the skull structure, the pupils, the third eyelid, and the head swivel that allows owls to look behind them. 

Ages 4-8

Fiction

Winner of the 1988 Caldecott Medal, this book tells the story of a young girl and her father as they go owling on a winter night.

Ages 4-8

The story of 3 owlets who wake up one night to find their mother gone.  They are worried but she returns to them.  Great illustrations!

Ages 3-7

Video

Some of the information in this video may be too advanced for very young children but they will enjoy watching the owls.  Great footage of an owl catching prey and  regurgitating an owl pellet.