Everything to know about owls in Europe the ancient Greeks, they were a symbol of wisdom, but in most other cultures of the world was little left for them: While other birds are occupied with many positive attributes, it had the owls difficult. Owls have been regarded not only as messengers of death, damage by fire or weather prophet messenger, but really had nailed over the door or serve but "recycled" in many different ways to suit a variety of purposes. Owls had so long time no "lobby," says conservationists are now trying to preserve the stocks of some endangered owls.
that owls are not only worth protecting, but also fascinating birds is, in reading the book "The Owls of Europe" clearly informed on the comprehensive nearly 400 pages of the 13 owl species occurring in Europe. A detailed introduction to the biology of nocturnal birds, which vividly depicts flight and foraging behavior, diet, reproduction and rearing of the young follow the descriptions of each species. Here are many color photos, maps and tables typical features, habitat and distribution, threats and protection measures described in detail and will be on species-specific peculiarities of the already discussed in the introduction, treated of topics. As a complement to the chapter "owls need help," the setting out frequently by the anthropogenic causes of population decline and reintroduction projects critically, in some species are included with the machine, the instructions for building nest boxes and nesting boxes. However, the book lacks a summary table of the current state of vulnerability of each species in Europe, so that this important information to be sought out rather laboriously from the individual presentations must. Although the large-scale and lavish book is called by the publisher as "natural leaders" there is much more: "The Owls of Europe" is a reference book in the truest sense of the word, as anyone who has ever read it, it will again take to the hand to leafing is to consider the image sequences and not least to deepen his knowledge of the indigenous species of owls.
