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Barn owls

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Field guideHow owls hear preyA prey sound reaches the two ears at slightly different times and intensities. Neural circuits preserve and compare those disparities, while the facial ruff and, in some owls, vertically offset ear openings add direction-dependent filtering that helps estimate horizontal and vertical position.