Northern saw whet owl

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The Northern Saw-Whet Owl ranges over much of North America, so your chances are good that one might live near you. Northern Saw-Whet Owls are small and reddish brown with a large, round head, yellow eyes, black beak, and feathered feet. Northern Saw-Whet Owls live in coniferous forests, wooded riparian areas, swamps

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It is so nice to have seen a northern saw-whet owl within a reasonable distance of my home. Before this owl I had seen four saw-whet owls in my life: one in Iowa, one in Michigan, and two in Ohio, all of which took at least a five hour drive to get to. So, when one was reported within 20 minutes of my house I felt that I had to see it. This owl was high up in a tree with very little light. I had to bump up the ISO and open up one and two-thirds of a stop to get enough exposure on the bird to…

The Bermuda sawwhet owl (Aegolius gradyi) was a species of owl that was endemic to Bermuda. It was described from fossil records and explorer accounts of the bird in the 17th century. It is not known what caused its extinction, but it may have been related to the decline of cedar and palmetto trees

A captive Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) perched on a log

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