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“Don't work like a stalling woodpecker,” urged a Tawny Owl affectionately.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The Tawny Owl lay on the far side of the island.
From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Prendergast, Maurice Brazil
We met first in the Merediths' house-boat, the Tawny Owl, which was then lying at Molesey.
From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Prendergast, Maurice Brazil
In a recent study, the researchers assembled and sequenced the entire genome of the tawny owl for the first time and subsequently screened the genome of 370 tawny owl specimens.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
Paul Ovington said he spotted the tawny owl on Skelton bypass in North Yorkshire in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2024
The nocturnal tawny owl is so rarely seen, its disembodied cry seems to be “the voice of night itself.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2023
As a toddler in Manchester, he would look out of his bedroom window, fascinated by the tawny owl perched on a lamp outside.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2016
A large tawny owl soared down to Neville Tongbottom and deposited a parcel into his lap — Neville almost always forgot to pack something.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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