Barn Owl Essay
Heather Burch
Professor Schmersahl
Composition 1
14 September 2014
The Barn Owl Project Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a bird? Or to see from a bird’s eye view? Here’s your chance! Palm Beach State College in Belle Glade has created a live webcast giving the students—mainly the science students—the opportunity to ease their wondering minds of living a birds life. But that’s not even the best thing yet. The students have a chance to see one of the most distinguished, elegant, and mysterious creatures in the world, otherwise known as—the Barn Owl. The Barn Owl Project here at Palm Beach State College is most certainly unique. The project was created by Dr. Vetaley Stashenko, an anatomy and microbiology professor at Palm Beach State. Two 24 by 36 by 18 inch plywood owl nesting boxes mounted on 10-foot poles were built on the west side of campus. Wood shavings were placed in the owl boxes to cushion the floors as nesting materials, as well as two live webcams installed in each box (McDonald). This allows students to engage and observe the owl’s hustle up close and personal, at any given time or place. Not only will it help our science classes with research and writing material and contribute data for our English classes at Palm Beach State, but also deliver information for our community and anyone outside of it.
The barn owl, scientifically known as, Tyto alba, is the most widely spread species of owl. These moderate birds have lengthy, rounded wings and tiny tails that give them a particular flight method. Barn owls have a smoothly round head, a ghostly pale face, physique, underwings, and dark eyes with a mixture of brown and gray on the head, back, and upper wings. You can spot this type of owl by listening for their eerie screech. When it comes to mating, the owls are monogamous, which means they will breed forever unless one of the two gets killed. Breeding season takes place at varying times of the year. Barn owls demand vast areas of open
Professor Schmersahl
Composition 1
14 September 2014
The Barn Owl Project Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a bird? Or to see from a bird’s eye view? Here’s your chance! Palm Beach State College in Belle Glade has created a live webcast giving the students—mainly the science students—the opportunity to ease their wondering minds of living a birds life. But that’s not even the best thing yet. The students have a chance to see one of the most distinguished, elegant, and mysterious creatures in the world, otherwise known as—the Barn Owl. The Barn Owl Project here at Palm Beach State College is most certainly unique. The project was created by Dr. Vetaley Stashenko, an anatomy and microbiology professor at Palm Beach State. Two 24 by 36 by 18 inch plywood owl nesting boxes mounted on 10-foot poles were built on the west side of campus. Wood shavings were placed in the owl boxes to cushion the floors as nesting materials, as well as two live webcams installed in each box (McDonald). This allows students to engage and observe the owl’s hustle up close and personal, at any given time or place. Not only will it help our science classes with research and writing material and contribute data for our English classes at Palm Beach State, but also deliver information for our community and anyone outside of it.
The barn owl, scientifically known as, Tyto alba, is the most widely spread species of owl. These moderate birds have lengthy, rounded wings and tiny tails that give them a particular flight method. Barn owls have a smoothly round head, a ghostly pale face, physique, underwings, and dark eyes with a mixture of brown and gray on the head, back, and upper wings. You can spot this type of owl by listening for their eerie screech. When it comes to mating, the owls are monogamous, which means they will breed forever unless one of the two gets killed. Breeding season takes place at varying times of the year. Barn owls demand vast areas of open