THE OWLS OF BULGARIA -Our companions in the night

ISBN: 954-500-103-8
Author: Konstantin Nyagolov
Printed in: 2003, 1st edition
Pages: 100 pp., hard cover
Language: Text in English
Photos: numerous high quality full-color drawings and some pictures

The book is an attempt to give the curious reader more of the first-hand knowledge about these exciting and fascinating birds - it gives general facts about them, how to attract and help owls by making and fixing nest-boxes. Each bird is represented with the following information:
- name, scientific name and synonyms, Bulgarian common names;
- overall distribution, distribution in Bulgaria
- description
- voice and sounds
- habitat
- breeding
- food and feeding
- peculiarities of behavior
- myths and superstitions
- conservation status

The book is illustrated with the excellent color drawings of the nature artist and biologist Assen Ignatov. There are about 200 species belonging to the order of Owls around the world. There are ten pieces of owls in Bulgaria plus two more, which are expected to be seen sooner or later in the country.The rarest owls are the northern representatives of the family in Bulgarian forests are the Ural Owl, the Tengmalm's Owl and especially the Pygmy Owl.

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