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Haiku Poem About Barn Owls Birds 5-7-5

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A Short Barn Owl Haiku Poem That Rhymes

An example of an english 5-7-5 rhyming haiku poem about a barn owl by poet justin farley overlaid a picture of an american barn owl in the dark.
A ghost with feathers
haunts meadows on silent flights.
Screeches pierce the night. 

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Behind this Short Barn Owl Poem

I’ve always found barn owls quite spooky. With their heart-shaped faces of pale white, they really do look like ghosts or something out of another world. The fact that they are nearly silent fliers due to the special design of their wings only adds to their eeriness. And their screech is enough to fill anyone at night with fear if they don’t know what they’re hearing with fear.

a picture of an American Barn Owl perched atop a fence at night.

Here’s a link to hear what they sound like if you’ve never heard them before: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Barn_Owl/sounds

In this short haiku, I wanted to try to capture the ghost-like essence of the barn owl by placing it in its hunting habitat of open fields or meadows and emphasizing its creepy screech.

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Fun Facts About The American Barn Owl

  • Their unique, heart-shaped face and dark eyes set against pale feathers give them their ghost-like appearance
  • Don’t hoot but screech
  • Have incredible vision and can hunt mice in the dark.
  • Silently fliers due to the soft edges of their feathers.
  • Hunt open environments such as fields, meadows, deserts, marshes
  • Swallow their prey whole (voles, shrews, mice) which is regurgitated later in owl pellets.
  • Measure approximately 18 inches in length
  • Wingspan can reach up to almost 4 feet.
  • Their ears are not symmetrical (aren’t in the same place on either side of their head).
  • Found throughout most of both North and South America

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a photo of an American Barn Owl in flight during the day with wings extended,

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