strigiformes

Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Strigiformes (OWLS) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Barn Owl Boreal Owl Saw-whet Owl Short-eared Owl Long-eared Owl Burrowing Owl Great Horned Owl Ferruginous Pigmy Owl Snowy Owl Elf-Owl Eastern Screech Owl Whiskered Screech Owl Great Gray Owl Barred Owl Spotted Owl Western Screech Owl […]

Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Snowy Owl, (Nyctea scandiaca) breeds mostly in the tundra in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia.  With the long days, they hunt during the day as well as night.  They are among the largest of owls and the heaviest in North America.  Recent data indicates they have

Home Subjects Covers About Contact MISCELLANEOUS OWLS ELF OWL (Micrathene whitneyi) Micrathene whitneyi ELF OWL Micrathene whitneyi ELF OWL Micrathene whitneyi ELF OWL Micrathene whitneyi ELF OWL Micrathene whitneyi ELF OWL CLICK HERE FOR MORE ELF OWLS FERRUGINOUS PIGMY OWL (Glaucidium brasillianum) Glaucidium brasillianum FERRUGINOUS PIGMY OWL Glaucidium brasillianum FERRUGINOUS PIGMY OWL Glaucidium brasillianum FERRUGINOUS

Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Saw-whet Owl (Aegolicus acadicus)  is native to North America and one of its smallest species and perhaps the ‘cutest’.  Often they are found in dense thickets or conifers at eye level.  Many migrate south in winter.  They prey mainly on small rodents, fewer birds, but have taken Rock

Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)  live in the boreal forests of northern Latitudes in North America and Eurasia.  They prefer open coniferous forests or those mixed with deciduous trees. “They are found in muskegs, clearings, swamp valleys, meadows, or recently burnt areas, and generally avoid dense spruce-fir forests.”

Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) has and extensive breeding range in North America, and Eurasia  It prefers open habitat for hunting with groups of trees for nesting and roosting.  ground, and there seems to be a preference for conifers.  They are migratory, moving south in winter. LONG-EARED OWL (Asio otus)

Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginanus)  is the most widespread of American Owls, after the Barn Owl, adaptable to all kinds of habitats from the frozen north to deserts in the Southwest, to man-made structures in populated areas.  These ferocious birds have the greatest variety of prey of any

Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) is the largest owl by length. It is a bird of the far north, inhabiting taiga forests, usually near bogs, but ranges further south in western mountain ranges.  Its biggest threat is timber harvesting. GREAT GRAY OWL (Strix nebulosa) click on picture to

Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Eastern Screech Owl (Otus asio),with a range of eastern North America, from Mexico to Canada, it the most adapted to man-made development, yet seldom seen because of its nocturnal habits. There are red morphs and gray ones. EASTERN SCREECH OWL (Otus asio) IMAGES MOVED, CLICK BUTTON TO SEE Click

Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), nest in burrows, usually excavated by Prairie Dogs.  They prey mainly on smaller rodents though, and insects, and have been known to place cow patties near their burrows to attract dung beetles.  When threatened they retreat to their burrows and make rattling and hissing sounds