Links to entertaining and inspiring videos featuring barn owls and other species of owl. Recommended reading, poetry resources, recipes, arts and crafts, art by Molly fans (including VacaDude's Owl Box cartoons), and sites for Molly ringtones and owl-related computer wallpaper are at the bottom of the page. Check the Just for Kids page for puzzles and more art activities. Check the Owl Resources page for more educational information.
International Festival of Owls, 1-3 March 2013
Home page
International coloring contest
Barn owls
The Daily Hork YouTube channel (From SPO chat room member CAR)
All-time favorites:
Carrie needs coffee
Dare ya!
Owlet's magical morning
Happy Thanksgiving from the owlets
Owls can read!
Coach 30_30's Flickr slideshow
Hilarious retouched photos of the first and second clutches and Carlos and Donna
Goodbye to Molly's Owlets
Touching video made by Mollywatcher PlayaFairy
Stand By Me: The owlets
Photos of the owlets set to music by Mollywatcher bruceleewhite
Against the Odds
A pair of owls raises eight owlets in the wettest English summer since the 1930s.
purdyfarmsBecky, WA, emailed Robert Kewarth, the man who filmed "Against the Odds." Here is their email correspondence:
purdyfarmsBecky.pdf (May 2010)
purdyfarmsBecky2.pdf (after the owlets fledged)
Alby the Skateboarding Owl
Barn owl flying in slo mo
Barn owl and cat playing together
Barn owl doesn't like dogs
Barn owl portrait painted in four minutes
Barn owl pumpkin
Barn owlet teasing clutchmate (aka "Wake Up, Wesley, Tel Aviv Version")
Barn owlet hatching
Barn owlet hissing
Barn owlets hissing (the "butt-kick" video)
Barn owlets saying "go away!"
Barn owlet casting a pellet (horking)
Barn owlet from Starr Ranch casting a pellet
Barn owlet practicing flying in the nest box
Barn owlets bobbing and clacking their beaks:
My almost grown owls
Baby owls part 2
Bobbing barn owls
Two baby barn owls
Barn owlets branching:
Falling out of the box and getting back in
Trying to get back in their box
Barn owlets waiting for food delivery
Barn owlets practicing jumping, grabbing prey, etc.
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Fidget the World Owl Trust barn owl
A protege of SP chat room member Trystan Williams
Glass Molly the Owl
I'm your Little Valentine
Photo collage of barn owls from around the world.
Legends of the Guardians (Guardians of Ga'Hoole)
Movie trailer
Owl City performing "To the Sky"
Molly and McGee puppet show videos by Mollywatcher javawriter:
1. Molly and McGee on Bolt Cam
2. Return of the Hork
3. The Great Mouse Escape
4. Dinner and a Dance
5. Thanksgiving Is Too Far Away
6. The Blackout
7. That's Just One Cute Mouse
8. Max Catches His First Wildebeest
Moon Owls
Pictures of barn owls set to music
Mote the barn owl bathing
Mote has glass bone syndrome from being fed an improper diet when he was young. He lives at the Sardis Raptor Center. Singa
Mother barn owl saves chick from choking on a whole mouse
Stacey O'Brien on Wesley
On writing her book
Other owls
I Love to Singa
Better resolution but requires an email address with an ISP domain name
Artemis the owl loves Annie the dog
Baby owl clips - London Zoo
Baby barred owl returned to nest
Barred owl and barn owl in flight
Includes wing prints in snow.
Barred owl vocalizations
Bathing owls
Owl bathing in small birdbath
Owl bathing in a sprinkler
Peabody the tawny owl bathing
Blinking owls
Burrowing owls
Burrowing owl head tilt
Burrowing owlets playing with a straw
Burrowing owlet curious about the camera
Burrowing owlets set to music
Burrowing owlets run for cover
Burrowing owls in Sonoma County
California spotted owl attack!
The fact that this was recorded in Humboldt County probably explains a lot.
Chocolate the European eagle owl series, filmed by SPO chat room member Trystan Williams
Three and a Half Weeks Old (21 July 2009)
Sweet Like Chocolate? (21 July 2009)
Bad Things (30 July 2009)
Play That Funky Music (2 August 2009)
Preening (2 August 2009)
Flight School Lesson 1 (10 August 2009)
Chocolate Talks! (BBC Cumbria interview)
Dancing owls
Dancing owls for real
Eagle owl in slow-motion flight
Long version
Short version Caution: Not for the faint of heart!
Eagle owlets "playing tennis" at a sanctuary
Family of owls bathing in a birdbath and drinking the water
Great horned owl and barn owl flying in slo mo
The kingdom of owl (slideshow of owls, including barn owls)
Lovely Owl
Huffington Post commentary on the Lovely Owl video
Northern owls hunting in slow motion
Owl Song
"Owl pellets" song and dissection video
Owls at Muncaster Castle (article featuring SPO chat room member Trystan Williams)
Owlet hunting invisible prey (transformer owlet practicing pouncing)
Scared owl
Surprised owl
Ted the African Spotted Eagle Owl (same species as Pot Plant Owl)
Transformer owl (Japanese Scops owl)
(Note that the owl is "transforming" out of fear, so these videos constitute abuse.)
Tropical screech owlet practicing pouncing
Owlet's piece of candy (Youtube equivalent of "coffee coffee coffee coffee")
Bathing
Being fed
"Yawning"
Wesley and the Owls (too cute not to post)
Recommended reading
Be sure to visit the Just for Kids page for a list of books for children and young adults and the Owl Resources page for lists of articles and books.
A City Girl's Initiation into Owldom
Personal essay by Josephine Scandi, recommended by chat room member Diana.
My First Contact with Barn Owls
Personal essay by Jordi Trilla, recommended by chat room member Diana.
Owl facts, myths, and superstitions
Wikipedia entry on The Owl Box
Poetry resources
Online rhyming dictionaries:
Onelook
Rhymezone
Wikipedia articles on poetic forms:
Cinquain
Flarf
Haiku in English
Haiku in Japanese
Limerick (Caution: Sexual references)
Sonnet
Tanka (Part of an entry about Japanese poetry in general)
Tanka Online
Recipes
Cheese slice owl
Fashionable owl cookies
Guardians of Ga'Hoole Owl Cookies
Molly Cookies Recipe.pdf
Owl cake pops and an owl-themed party
General steps for making cake pops
Video: How to make cake pops (Scroll down the page.)
In case you want to make a Tauntz cake pop
Owl cake images and, sometimes, recipes
Olive owl appetizers (Wicked cool olive owls)
Ominous Owl Cookies
Owl cake topper
Owl cookies (Hoot Owl Treats)
Owl cupcakes with sandwich cookie eyes
Another recipe
Owl cupcakes from the BBC
Owl pellet cookies
Owl snack for after school
Owloween deviled eggs (scroll down the page)
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup owls (scroll down the page)
Suet recipes for the birds
Wise owl cake
Cup to gram conversion chart
Cup to gram conversion calculator
Recipe for Preserving Owlets
Posted by Storymom, 5/26/10
Take 1 large field, 4 adorable baby owls, several trees, a cool brook,
a large quantity of field mice, and a pinch of pebbles. Mix the owlets and trees
together and stir frequently. Pour the brook over the pebbles. Sprinkle the
field with flowers, various grasses, and the field mice. Fill the trees with
a gentle summer breeze. Spread over a deep blue sky and bake in the summer sun.
When done, set away safely in a cozy owl box or tree stump.
Wrap securely in awe and store in the hearts of everyone.
Arts and Crafts
Body art
Barn owl face art
How to paint owls on your fingernails
Owl-inspired makeup mask (sparkly!)
"Owl sort of look" face art
Snowy owl Hedwig
Costumes
Child's felt owl costume
Owl headband
A website featuring owl-themed arts and crafts, and gifts for yourself and others.
Print your own 2013 calendar
Print your own 2012 calendar
Print your own 2011 calendar
Quilt patterns
Hooterville (order from Brandywine Designs)
Another example of Hooterville
13 Owls (order kit from the Quilter Store)
13 Owls quilt layout
Other patterns
Free owl pattern and lots of examples
Lola the Owl (pattern for sale on Etsy)
Owl pillows (sorry, no pattern, but a good sewer could use the photos and other patterns posted here as a guide)
Snuggly owl
Stuffed owl
Stuffed owl with free-standing wings and feet
Scrapbooking kits
A Hoot and a Half
Toys and holiday decorations
Howloween barn owl masks
Owl masks 2012 (including a barn owl)
Four owlets masks 2011
Molly mask 2010
Howloween pumpkin-carving stencils
Four different owls
Another owl
Howliday ornaments
Owl crafts (purse, matchbox, paper owl collage, and stamped fabric)
Owl family play set
Owl paper lamp shade
Paper owl lanterns
DIY tutorial on freestanding owl lantern
Hanging lantern
Another hanging lantern
Owl pennant or wreath
Paper Molly the Owl by Chris Adams
Stuffed owl toy (tutowlrial)
Tin can night-owl lantern
Sources of inspiration
Web pages featuring photos art, arts and crafts, and merchandise, all with an owl theme.
Cute Hoots (blog for owl-themed arts and crafts, food, and merchandise)
Daily Owl--An Owl a Day Keeps the Boredom Away
The Daily Owl
Your Daily Owl
Owl Pictures
Fan art
Avatarias by Lady Kathleen
Avataria I
Avataria II
Cartoons from John Atkinson
VacaDude (The subscription-only e-comics are also available on this page.)
Classical Owl Watchers
Glowz the Superhero Spider
Molly and McGee pumpkin carving template
Owl cartoons 2011 on Facebook
Howloween costumes
By Anne Rochford
Boo
Spider Cider
Top o' the Mornin'
By Candace Lexington KY
By Natalie
By Treehouse
Paintings
By Dia
Barn owl
Barn owl among branches
Barn owlet
Burrowing owlet
By JuneP
Owlet looking outside
Portrait of an owlet
Quilts
Deb MacKay
Ringtones
Molly and family cellphone ringtones
Computer Wallpaper
Blue and red barn owls
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