| 单词 | owlet |
| 例句 | Moonlight was everywhere, it seemed: on the wishes, on my branches, on the downy-headed owlets, in the upturned gazes of Stephen and Samar. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The owlet was starving, for there was only the bunting, when there should have been dozens of lemmings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had owlets in the nest, for these little birds took almost six weeks to get on their wings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked, Lazlo thought, like an owlet fallen out of its nest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Gleefully, she stuffed her pockets, tied a marker at the site for later use, and skipped home dreaming of owlet stew. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up the bunting and owlet, regretting that she had found a provider only to lose him again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If there were owlets, there would also be food, lots of it, for the male owls are constantly bringing food to the young. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to feel the fuzzy wings of the owlets. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There lay an almost dead owlet, its big beak resting on the edge of the stone-lined nest. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Being territorial creatures, an owlet is irked by another owlet in its lair. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z And so, just as Mr. Mathew had intended, the recorded call prompted a real jungle owlet — indeed barely bigger than a kitten, with big curious owl eyes — to reveal itself. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z My own preference is for novelists who can tell big stories, which sounds easy, but in my experience is as rare as the long-whiskered owlet. Then and now: Granta's best young British novelists 2013-04-06T07:00:20Z After my arrival, she patiently fed minced up chunks of a dead chick to Sammy, her fluffy Eurasian eagle owlet, using chopsticks. Frieda Hughes: ‘I felt my parents were stolen’ 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z The restraint dictated by new readers' scant vocabulary, and the power of its humorous but hypnotic repetition, impart an unusual, intensely memorable scope to a seven-chapter book about an insomniac owlet. Darkness in literature: Jill Tomlinson's The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark 2012-12-13T10:55:10Z The gaudy creature, often positioned head down on the plants as it feasts away, is the brown-hooded owlet moth’s larva. Gardening isn't always sunshine and roses 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z For several weeks, the owlet would return to Gillard’s home to feed from the roof, where the young Michigander had left food. Nature gone mad? Eagles kidnap baby hawk twins; kill one, raise other as their own 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Wallace’s owlet is named after a naturalist who frequently used the n-word in his writings. National Audubon Society, pressured to drop enslaver’s name, keeps it 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Of that owl family, only one survived—a young owlet. Rodenticides are killing animals way up the food chain 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The Wallace’s owlet and five other birds honor Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer and anthropologist credited, along with Charles Darwin, for conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection. Bird lovers are grappling with honorary names linked to racists. Audubon tops the list. Now, observations of nests show that elder barn owlets offer their food to their younger siblings in exchange for grooming, Ducouret and her colleagues report in the American Naturalist. Barn owl siblings share their food in exchange for grooming 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z The five owlets were ringed last week under licence from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency to help monitor their progress. Biggest brood of barn owls recorded in NI 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Spyke says raptor center staff work with property owners to find nests where orphaned owlets might fit in. Firefighters rescue owlets after mother owl killed 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The Teton Raptor Center in Jackson Hole found itself in late March with a sudden influx of owlets from three separate broods of young owls in Idaho. Displaced owlets transplanted to new homes in Utah 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z As for the owlets, the show is almost over; one left the nest last week, jumping off the ledge of the building before safely landing below. These Owl Chicks Have Two Moms and a Dad—a First 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The scientists videotaped each brood for two consecutive days and nights to understand how the owlets interacted and attached a tiny microphone backpack to each chick to help identify individual calls. Barn owl siblings share their food in exchange for grooming 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Bob Fox, founder of Wild at Heart, a Cave Creek raptor rescue center, remembers checking an old saguaro where a great horned owl and her owlets were nesting. Rat poison in prey threatens owls, other animals 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z The Teton Raptor Center in Jackson Hole recently took in 19 owlets from the three separate clutches within 24 hours. Wyoming wildlife center finds itself caring for 19 baby owls 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The Teton Raptor Center in Jackson Hole recently took in 19 owlets from the three separate clutches within 24 hours. Wyoming wildlife center finds itself caring for 19 baby owls 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Staff members report the owlet is being fed by its parents and doing fine. These Owl Chicks Have Two Moms and a Dad—a First 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z And younger owlets, in general, groomed elder siblings more often than the older ones groomed the youngsters, “perhaps to maximize the probability of being fed in return,” the researchers write. Barn owl siblings share their food in exchange for grooming 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Cohoon vocalizes differently in the spring, when he knows the birds are looking for mates, than in the early summer, when they’re vociferously defending their owlets. How to Hoot Like an Owl 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Staff at the center plan to transplant the owlets into eight or nine other known barn owl nests in the region. Wyoming wildlife center finds itself caring for 19 baby owls 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Staff at the center plan to transplant the owlets into eight or nine other known barn owl nests in the region. Wyoming wildlife center finds itself caring for 19 baby owls 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The other owlet remains, but soon, it too will leave the nest. These Owl Chicks Have Two Moms and a Dad—a First 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z But food sharing occurred only when the researchers provided extra food to the owlets. Barn owl siblings share their food in exchange for grooming 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z The DNR says those young owlets look healthy and are being fed by their mother several times daily. Indiana webcam peers into a nesting box of rare barn owls 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z The parents of the owlets were who knows where. Rare barn owlets put on a show in banding operation 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z When volunteer Rick Cunningham was dispatched to check on junior, he spied the owlet safely ensconced in an adjacent tree rather than stuck on the ground as owl watchers feared. With cameras running, Savannah owls are a hit again 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z When a single owl subsequently visited the nest, owl watchers speculated the dead owl was the dad and the mama would be on her own raising owlets. Drama returns to the live streaming Skidaway owl nest 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z In May we shared a video of a Texas barn owl defending her nest and owlets from an invading snake. Top 10 Viral Animal Videos of the Year 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Jensen expressed confidence the owl would find his family, especially since there was a report of crows mobbing the vicinity that would include the mom owl and two owlets. Injured owl now back flying skies around Marquette 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z One by one, Mummert reached in the nest box and carefully removed a shrieking owlet, placing it into a cloth bag before lowering it down. Rare barn owlets put on a show in banding operation 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z The younger of two adorable owlets raised under live-streaming cameras fledged over the weekend. With cameras running, Savannah owls are a hit again 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Owl catcher Hussein Mduduzi, jumping from roof strut to roof strut, managed to catch two owlets, but the eight grown owls flew off. Image rehabilitation a life-or-death matter for owls in South Africa 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Prior to developing flight feathers owlets are more easily detected and wholly reliant on their parents for food. Fledging great horned owls learn art of flight, how to hunt 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z The owl received a lot of local attention via social media, as did the owlets while they were nesting at the cathedral. Injured owl now back flying skies around Marquette 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Back on the ground, Mummert allowed kids and adults from the audience to hold the owlets as he gently squeezed numbered bands around a featherless leg. Rare barn owlets put on a show in banding operation 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z On one table, a small photo album featured snapshots of Baron as an owlet — napping in a box, being bathed and playing under a sheet. Tokyo animal cafes offer urbanites quality time with pets 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z When residents refuse to accept the installation of nesting boxes for the owlets taken from their ceilings, EcoSolutions rescues them to prevent them being killed. Image rehabilitation a life-or-death matter for owls in South Africa 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The owlets feed, grow and observe their parents’ hunting behavior from the roost, hopefully learning to fend for themselves. Fledging great horned owls learn art of flight, how to hunt 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z “He’s been hunting here all spring, feeding the owlets.” Injured owl now back flying skies around Marquette 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z If the owlets die and their bands are recovered, Mummert and others can learn how far the owls have flown from their original home and how long they lived in the wild. Rare barn owlets put on a show in banding operation 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z They belong to the Noctuidae, or owlet, moth family, which is the largest family of moths and butterflies in the world. You'll have to be hotter than that, virgin moths 2012-06-12T14:45:03.263Z She learned how to feed the owlets and clean their box. Image rehabilitation a life-or-death matter for owls in South Africa 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z A pale green owlet caterpillar rests on a young spicebush. City Room: Spring Time: After a Storm, Gifts on the Forest Floor 2012-05-10T16:57:38Z When she raised her eyes they were those of an owlet suffering from mental shock. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The sobering fact of the matter is 75 percent of owlets will not survive to their first birthday. Rare barn owlets put on a show in banding operation 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Dangling by a shoestring Endemic species -- animals like the reclusive titi monkey or the amber-eyed long-whiskered owlet -- do not distribute themselves evenly across the face of the Andes. Rising Temperatures Push Andean Species Skyward 2012-02-13T16:15:00.190Z The she-fox whelps upon its floor; The owlet roosts above its door; And where the musty mosses run, The freckled snake basks in the sun. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z From left: a bulbous buttercup, an owlet moth caterpillar and a Canada mayflower. City Room: Spring Time: After a Storm, Gifts on the Forest Floor 2012-05-10T16:57:38Z Well, bind me, then, child, and lead me back to my owlet's hole. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z At three weeks of age the owlets do something called branching. Scientist At Work denver Holt: Getting Wise to the Owl, a Charismatic Sentry in Climate Change 2011-05-23T21:59:14Z Overhead the bats are flitting in and out amongst the branches of the trees, followed by the heavy beat of the owlet's wing, whose eyes, catlike, are gleaming like live coals in the darkness. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z They passed rows of owlets sitting by their burrows and saw young rabbits playing in their shallow forms. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z He soon became aware from a feeble smothered shriek that he was treading upon a nest of young owlets. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z And speak in legendary Thoughts or a mystic rune, Much like the owlet's croon. The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy Each breeze brings scents of hill-heaped hay; And now an owlet, far away, Cries twice or thrice, "Twohoo;" And cool dim moths of mottled gray Flit through the dew. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems And the brush of the owlet’s wing in the darksome path! Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance “Of course I do, soft, beautiful little owlet.” Sir Hilton's Sin The feathers and bones of a dead owlet. The Story of the Trapper And Nokomis answered: "Those are the owls and the owlets, talking to each other in their native language." The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow The owlet makes us melody— Come dance with us in Faëry, Come dance with us to-night. Undertones The owlet dingle of vine and brier, That the butterfly-weed flecked fierce with fire. The Garden of Dreams She goeth her glorious way, the hawk, She nurseth her brood alone; She will not swoop for an owlet's whoop, She hath calls and cries of her own. Collected Poems Volume Two Others he does not bait at all, simply laying them on old logs where he knows the owlets roost by day. The Story of the Trapper The swallow Summer comes again, The owlet Night resumes her reign, But the wild swan Youth is fain To fly with thee, false as thou. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer With the moths, the larger part spin cocoons, but some of them, like the owlet moths whose larvae are the cutworms, have naked pupre, usually under the surface of the ground. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 It is a member of the extensive family of owlet moths, and may be seen fluttering about the lamps and gas jets any summer evening. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "My owlet! why don't you have a light and some fire?" Macaria Then a brownish earth-coloured body swims with a wriggling sidelong movement for the log, where roosts the blinking owlet. The Story of the Trapper Possibly they realised that the talons, which so efficiently gripped rats, might not prove gentle enough for the transport of owlets. Birds in the Calendar Rock-a-bye, my little owlet, In the mossy, swaying nest, With thy little woodland brothers, Close thine eyes and take thy rest. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature I saw the hen-owl stoop and examine a dead chestnut leaf which lay, as the other had said, on an owlet's back. The Five Jars The daughter owls were full of joy, and quick the little owlet boy ruffed up his feathers roguishly and seized a valentine. Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann The chuckles and cackles of the spotted owlets no longer fill the welkin; the silence of the darkness is broken in the mountains by the low monotonous whistle of the pigmy-collared owlet. Birds of the Indian Hills Over hill and over meadow, Lighter than an owlet's shadow, We will whirl it through the air, Through blue regions shrill and bare; Shall we carry now your bundle, You old grey man?' Songs of Childhood And the eves were dull and long, With the cricket's chirp of sorrow, And the owlet's mournful song. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 "As man lives by bread," he cried, "the buzzards have mistaken my friend the Bailie for his Excellency, and you for Diana Vernon—oh, the most egregious night owlets!" Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Houses where music was wont for to ring Nothing but bats and owlets do sing. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries The owlet itself is a tiny creature, about the size of a sparrow. Birds of the Indian Hills Houses where music was wont for to ring, Nothing but bats and owlets do sing. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Owls nested in the old wells; and most units were presently owning their owlets or kestrels or speckled kingfishers, miserable-looking birds. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad Scared at the wind, or the owlet's flight? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. When Willie Mouse saw all the owlets with their beaks gaping open he began to be frightened, for he feared that Mrs. Owl was going to eat him all up. Willie Mouse Once at Mussoorie I noticed a pigmy collared owlet sitting as bold as brass on a conspicuous branch about midday and making grimaces at me. Birds of the Indian Hills The spotted owlets, the toads and the lizards, however, take a different view of the invasion and partake eagerly of the rich feast provided for them. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Then his marriage to dictatorial little Anne of Brittany, for whom he had induced Pope Alexander to divorce him from the poor little crippled owlet, Joan. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth And if a lover would win her hand, No lips e'er kissed a hand so white, And if a lover would hear her sing, She sings at owlet light. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts Was it an owlet in the thorns that moaned? Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country That is the call of the pigmy collared owlet. Birds of the Indian Hills If the swarm comes out at dusk, as often happens, bats and spotted owlets join those of the gourmands that are feasting while on the wing. A Bird Calendar for Northern India I think he must have wanted the owlet back again before he was done with Anne, because Anne was a termagant—and ruled him with the heaviest rod of iron she could lift. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth The night winds sigh, the owlets cry, The moon's pale light appears, The stars are shivering in the sky— I tremble at my fears. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays A young girl who refuses to keep her engagement is called a civetta—an owlet—probably because owlets are used as a decoy all over the country in snaring and shooting all small birds. The Children of the King Across the heath the owlet flew, And screamed along the blast; And onward, with a quickened step, Benighted Harry passed. McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader The first streak of dawn is the signal for the striking up of the jungle and the spotted owlets. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Frightened, the owlets are scattered: Hearken! the pillars are shattered. Faust But the memory of my owlets hardens my motherly heart; it pulsates with tremendous force; their loss is the world's loss. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays Though so near the town there was scarcely a sound to be heard, not even "the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave." From John O'Groats to Land's End The frog by the pool had stopped croaking, and the melancholy cry of the owlet had ceased. Whosoever Shall Offend As the shades of night begin to fall family parties of spotted owlets issue from holes in trees or buildings. A Bird Calendar for Northern India A short time after the Eagle found the owlets in a hollow tree. The Talking Beasts The little birds are very human; the owlet complains: Poor little owlet me! The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Come out and hear the waters shoot, the owlet hoot, the owlet hoot; Yon crescent moon, a golden boat, hangs dim behind the tree, O! Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. Down by the pool a frog croaked now and then; from a distance came the plaintive, often repeated cry of a solitary owlet; the night breeze sighed through the long grass and the low shrubbery. Whosoever Shall Offend Needless to state that the tiny spotted owlets make a great noise in May. A Bird Calendar for Northern India From the depths of the forest came a ceaseless murmur of unseen water-falls, and the owlets hooted in the distance "Come too! come too!" The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English That the wild fox barks, and the owlet screams Where the organ and choir pealed out their themes? The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland And it did amuse me to observe the solemn subalterns nodding all like wise young owlets, as though they could, if they only dared, reveal secrets that would astonish the General himself. The Maid-At-Arms But she will wander at sundown through the exquisite woods of Eastwell, and will watch the owlets in their downy nest or the nightingale silhouetted against the fading sky. Gossip in a Library It is easy to distinguish between the two owls, as the scops has aigrettes or "horns," which the spotted owlet lacks. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The panther's wail, the owlet's scream, The whippoorwill's complaining song, Blend with the cataract's solemn theme, And the wild cadences prolong. Poems Come out and hear the waters shoot, the owlet hoot, the owlet hoot; Yon crescent moon, a golden boat, hangs dim behind the tree, O! The Poems of Henry Timrod Could she have heard Fitzpiers's voice at that moment she would have found him murmuring— "...Towards the loadstar of my one desire I flitted, even as a dizzy moth in the owlet light." The Woodlanders In youth we love the darkling lawn, Brushed by the owlet's wing; Then evening is preferred to dawn, And autumn to the spring. The Conflict with Slavery and Others, Complete, Volume VII, The Works of Whittier: the Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life and Criticism During the monsoon the silence of the night is broken only by the sound of falling raindrops, or the croaking of the frogs, the stridulation of crickets innumerable, and the owlet's feeble call. A Bird Calendar for Northern India In youth we love the darkling lawn, Brushed by the owlet's wing; Then evening is preferred to dawn, And autumn to the spring. The Inner Life, Part 3, from Volume VII, The Works of Whittier: the Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life and Criticism Like dancing demon shapes they showed, With malice drunk; the bat beat by, The owlet sobbed; on, on they rode, She knew not where, she knows not why. Ride to the Lady And Other Poems Why did she call Hiawatha "my little owlet"? The Elson Readers, Book 5 Then smile away, man, at the heavens so fair, Though, were you swept hence in the night, From your dark, lonely tomb the owlets would stare At the sun rising newly as bright. Poems In the mean time, the Roost remained a melancholy ruin; its stone walls and brick chimneys alone standing, blackened by fire, and the resort of bats and owlets. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies The owlet's cry Came loud—and hark, again! loud as before. Poems of Coleridge The owlet's solitary cry, The night-hawk flitting darkly by, And oft the hateful carrion bird, Heavily flapping his clogged wing, Which reeked with that day's banqueting— Was all she saw, was all she heard. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes "He had a fiddle sadly out of tune, A voice as husky as a raven croaking, Or owlet hooting to the clouded moon, Or bloated bull-frog in some mud-hole choking." Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Each breeze brings scents of hill-heaped hay; And now an owlet, far away, Cries twice or thrice, "T-o-o-w-h-o-o"; And cool dim moths of mottled gray Flit through the dew. Poems He is dead, and closer breathe the mists; He is dead, the owlet moans remote; He is buried, and the moon draws near, To gaze and hide and float. Along the Shore "The owlet Atheism, hooting at the glorious sun in heaven, cries out, 'Where is it?'" Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The music of the cricket, the whirr of the owlets, might easily have been heard, when the holy Dame and the Palmer met. The Prose Marmion A Tale of the Scottish Border Away she hies to Susan Gale: Her Messenger's in merry tune; The owlets hoot, the owlets curr, And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr, As on he goes beneath the moon. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 But then it may have been a bird, An owlet in the forest far, A raven, croaking, that I heard. Poems High o'er our heads, an omen good, we saw the owlet wheel, And the Persian trousers in their backs felt the good Attic steel. Mosaics of Grecian History Coleridge compares atheism to an owlet hooting at the sun, and asking where it is. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The sound to which she alluded was the same imitation of the cry of an owlet, which the lady had before heard under the walls of the convent. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 She will take up her tiny owlet in her claws and carry him away, if she fancies that any danger is near; and she will not leave him, even to save her own life. Friends and Helpers At the same time the princess awaked, and popping her head out between the folds of the wise woman's cloak—a very ugly little owlet she looked—saw that they were entering the wood. A Double Story With a space of two feet between them, the pup and the owlet eyed each other. Baree, Son of Kazan Think not, when I am wed, I’ll keep the house as owlet does her tower, Alone,—when every other bird’s on wing. The Hunchback Young owlets make that sort of noise—the "snorers," so country people call them. The Fawn Gloves "That is but the owl and owlet, Talking in their native language, Talking, scolding, at each other." The New McGuffey Fourth Reader Thus go they plunging; rustle the owlet from his branchy nest; champ the sweet-scented forest-herb, queen-of-the-meadows spilling her spikenard; and frighten the ear of Night. The French Revolution Papayuchisew started it, and with a single wild yelp Baree went back in a heap, the owlet's beak fastened like a red-hot vise in the soft flesh at the end of his nose. Baree, Son of Kazan He might have run then, but instead of that he was back at the owlet like a flash. Baree, Son of Kazan His fangs closed on one of the owlet's tender feet. Baree, Son of Kazan |
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