Northern Saw-whet Owl
OrderStrigiformes
FamilyStrigidae
HabitatForest
RangeNorth America
Length18 cm
Wingspan43 cm
Weight80 g
DietCarnivore
About the Northern Saw-whet Owl
A tiny owl no bigger than a soda can, yet a fierce hunter of deer mice. Named for a call likened to a saw being whetted. So tame that researchers can pick roosting birds off branches. Migrates at night across the Great Lakes.
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