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Eagle Owls have inspired legends, from Egyptian hieroglyphs to Nepali and Hindu myths telling of how they have captured a spirit of the departed. When they silently take to flight, it is easy to let your imagination follow.

These owls possess specialized barbs on the leading edges of its primary flight feathers which break the flow of wind over the wing, thereby muffling sound as they fly. This makes it very difficult for prey to hear them approaching.

From an ecological standpoint, owls perform the valuable need of keeping the populations of rodents, such as mice and moles, and small mammals, such as rabbits, in check.

I hope these paintings will in some way inspire you to investigate these organisms further. Their wondrous forms and capabilities are often overlooked and underappreciated. Imagine the tapestry that would color your world if you could communicate using sonar (yet still be able to learn human sign language) like a dolphin, smell with the intensity of the Polar Bear, understand chemical signals like the Honey Bee, navigate up to 600 miles from memory like the Desert Elephant, or utilize the earth’s geomagnetic fields to swim 800 miles like the Green Sea Turtle. The true complexity of the communication between most organisms lies in realms we still know relatively little about. The descriptions for each painting include facts, interviews, and...