John Sparks

INTRODUCTIONI write this in the Antarctic, not too far from where, in the shadow of the gently puffing volcano. Mount Erebus, the bleached huts once inhabited by Scott and Shackleton stand preserved by the frigid climate. Before me is an awesome, dazzling white vista of broken ice extending across...

Introduction Owls are soft-plumaged, short-tailed, big-headed birds of prey with large eyes directed forwards and surrounded by a facial disc. They are mainly nocturnal, and the one hundred and thirty-three living species (four are historically extinct) are placed in the order Strigiformes....