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Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)

The Northern Saw-whet Owl is amazing,it has an overly large head and has no ear tuffs. They look small when they are perched and tend to shuffle their feet, but in flight they appear larger because of their broad wings. The eyes are large and bright yellow and their bill is black The length is 17 to 21.9 cm. and their wingspan is 45.9 to 56.3cm. They weigh about 75-110 grams. Females are slightly larger than males.Northern Saw-whet Owls are strictly nocturnal. During the day they depend on plumage for camafluuge. When threatned a Saw-whet Owl will elongate its body in order to appear like a tree branch or a bump. Northern Saw-whet Owls vocalises during the breeding season usually in March and May, but are silent at other times of the year. The Owl's name comes from the "skiew' call that is made when alarmed. This sound has a resemblance to the wetting of a saw. These Owls hunt mainly at dusk and usually drop down on to its prey. This owl can kill as many as six mice in rapid succession. Deer mice is their primary prey. They also eat shrews, vole, moles, bats, flying squirrels, squirells, and house mice. Larger birds can be killed by theses small owls. Frogs and insects are also part of their diet. People have not discovered how long that it lives. The Northern Saw-whet Owl's inhabit conferious and deciduos trees, where woodpeckerscreate cavititesfor nest sites. Breeding habitat is usually swamp or wet rather than dry. Riparan habitat is often preferred. This owls lives in all different types of places like Central Ontario, Southern California, Southern New Mexico, Western South Dakota, Western Mississippi, Northern Illinois, Southern Michigan, Central Ohio, West Virginia, Western Maryland, and New York.