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My name is Madeline Franco, and I'm here to talk about birds. If you pay attention to
what's in the sky,you've undoubtedly on occasion, seen some raptors. Among those raptors, are
barn owls. They're not seen as often during the day, but they are in cities more often,
and in the country, where people habitate. They are a rather small raptor. They're about
thirteen inches long, and they are very often nesting in old houses, and barns. People are
curious. Well, what do they eat? Generally speaking, young barn owls eat what their parents
bring them. They're not adept at hunting when they're very young, so their parents have
to bring them all their food, which often consists of small rodents, mice. If the food
supply is threatened, they might even get into frogs and larger insects, but they bring
this back to the nest, and the baby birds eat them. When they become a little bit more
adept at hunting themselves, they'll also go after mice and large insects, if absolutely
necessary. Generally speaking, the larger barn owls, they like rodents of various types,
and they will also eat the other things that I mentioned, frogs, and mice, voles. Things
that you would find more often in the city.