Facts 1) Owls can turn theyre heads only up to 270 degrees, not all the way around like most people think! 2)Northern Saw-whet Owls can travel long distances over large bodies of water. One showed up 70 miles from shore near Montauk new york 3)A group of owls is called a parliament. This originates from C.S. Lewis’ description of a meeting of owls in The Chronicles of Narnia.