( 
)More than Just Beautiful
The natural world is full of wonders. Christmas time is the most wonderful time of the year. Collecting beautiful Bird Ornaments from Tannenbaum Treasures can be doubly wonderful. These ornaments are more than lovely additions to any Christmas tree. Use them as an opportunity to teach children and holiday visitors about our beautiful winged friends. Just providing some tidbits of information can excite a child’s curiosity without boring them. Curiosity leads to questions, which can lead to more learning. Use some of the following “tidbits” to insight learning and conversation among children and friends.
Owls 
Their faces are disc like and their feathers are fluffy and light. Owls can be very small or very large. Owl’s heads are distinctively rounded. Their heads can swivel almost all the way around to see behind themselves while their body stays facing forward. Most Owls are nocturnal. That means they sleep during the day and hunt at night. Their eyes face forward and are big and wide. This enables them to gather a lot of light so they can see better in the dark. However, when hunting, they rely more on keen hearing than eyesight. They will lay few if any eggs when food is sparse. There is a wonderful page on the internet at w w w . owlpages. com.
Barn Owls
Once common throughout North American, they now need help to ensure their future. The PBS program website for the Nature series speaks about a man they call the “Grandfather of Barn Owls” He has a 3000-acre farm where he put up barn owl boxes on posts and all the boxes are occupied. Natural rodent pest control is the barn owls specialty. Use Google to search for “PBS Nature” and “Grandfather of Barn Owls” if you are interested in this subject.
Audubon Guide Factoids:
Snowy Owl
Unlike most owls, the Snowy Owl usually hunts during the day. Big yellow eyes and a black beak contrasting against its snowy feathers make this owl a strikingly beautiful sight to see. Seeing one just once in this lifetime, I remember my heart pounding and uttering a breathless “Ahhhh- wow.” Later, I was informed that sightings are rare to never in this area, so that made it even more wonderful.
Snowy Owls nest in the far northern areas of Alaska and Canada. During this time, they primarily live on lemmings. During the winter, they live move southward to the northern United States and live on rabbits, waterfowl, washed up fish, and other prey. Open country, rooftops, and the ground are the preferred roosting spots. They are rarely, if ever seen roosting in a tree. They very much prefer to roost in open areas.
Audubon Guide Factoids:
Great Horned Owl 
The Great Horned Owl is the largest of the American “eared” owls. The tuffs on the top of their heads are not really ears. They just look like ears. The diet of the Great Horned Owl is various. This owl eats many creatures from beetles to lizards to rabbits to grouse and more. They nest earlier than most birds, and have been known to lay eggs in January, even when snow is still on the ground.
Audubon Guide Factoids:
- Strigidae Family
- Bubo virginianus
- 25 inches high
- Tuffed feathers on a round head with yellow eyes
- Can be white, grey, mottled, or dark brown
- White throat area
- Lives in open swamps, parks, deserts, forests, open country
- Nests on a bare cliff, cave, or ground laying 3 – 5 white eggs
Tannenbaum Treasures Glass Christmas Ornaments should never get wet . Clean them with a soft dry cloth only. Store them in low humidity with the box they arrived in to insure their longevity. Then pass them down through the generations with love.
Thank you for voting. If your vote meets our 
