![]() She was always complaining about too much work, or that people did their jobs wrong. One of his men had a very disagreeable wife. He also dug 14 miles of acequias along the Pecos River upstream from Camp Melvin (just north of Iraan.) Over the years he brought more than 70 families to the region from his birth town of Uvalde. Cesario Torres arrived in Fort Stockton in 1867 and formed an irrigation company, digging miles of acequias (irrigation ditches) from Comanche Spring to areas of fertile soil. We adapted the tale so we could also tell about an important settler in Fort Stockton. The "la lechuza story" is told in every country where Spanish is spoken. For many cultures the hooting of an owl is a forewarning of a death in the family. Apache Indians, for example, will postpone a planned activity if an owl is heard. Owls are considered "wise old birds" in some cultures, while other cultures fear owls. La lechuza is the barn owl, the pale (almost white) owl. ![]() Another story that we tell is the legend of la lechuza. On the Web site search engine, type in Comanche Burrowing Owl Tale to read that story. One of those stories is on the Sibley Web site. The female will eat the heads of the prey and tear the rest apart to feed the young, so the young will not choke on the thicker bones of the skull.ĭuring another part of the program we tell folktales about owls. Researchers believe the reason for this is that the males might eat the young. Only the female great horned and barn owls physically feed their young although the male also catches prey for the young. The bigger owls often have favorite "eating perches" where they bring their prey of mice and rats. Often several dozen burrowing owls live in one prairie dog town, so they have to disperse over a greater area to locate their prey of grasshoppers, beetles and a few birds. Our resident barn and great horned owls have smaller ranges than our burrowing owls. Their ears are asymmetrical in their placement on the head, so they can hear more accurately, and their face has discs around the eyes and ears to help focus the sound. Their wings offer more resistance to the air as they are flapped, so the owls do not have to beat their wings as fast and thereby are able to fly much more silently than hawks or ravens of similar size. Owl wing feathers have many more barbels (the "hair" of a feather). Another segment of the program includes discussing the physical adaptations of owls that aid in their nocturnal hunting forays. ![]()
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