Abstract: A captive, adult, male northern
saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) was examined for blepharospasm of the left eye.
While many owls will be discussed,
Saw-Whet owls will be featured.
During March and April, the Rose Marsh Area provides excellent opportunities to see migrating northern forest owls such as northern
saw-whet and long-eared owls.
Last winter, I packed my family in the car and drove three hours one way for the chance to see a
saw-whet owl.
Since the incident with the boreal owl at the Boise National Forest, staff at Teton Raptor Center have seen photos of other trapped owl species--small ones such as
saw-whet and screech but also large owls like great horned, long-eared and barn.
Following these in a continued curve are the additional hunters Pigeon, Blue Jay, Horned Owl, and
Saw-Whet Owl, represented by Gamma (Seginus), Epsilon (Izar), Alpha (Arcturus), and Eta ([eta]) Bootis (Muphrid), respectively.
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) and Northern
Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) are primarily mammal-eating owls that are widespread across North America.
Zorge came to the sanctuary with a tiny healed
saw-whet owl for release.
Birds that could lose all of their current range by 2080 include the American avocet, brown rosy-finch, brown-headed nuthatch, chestnut-collared longspur, eared grebe, northern gannet, northern
saw-whet owl, trumpeter swan, white-headed woodpecker, and yellow rail.
and insights from biologists, environmental educators, and citizen scientists," state publicity materials, which add, "So come spy on the spring courtship dance of the greater prairie chicken, search for elusive and elegant white-tailed deer in summer, touch a tiny
saw-whet owl on one special day in autumn, and thrill to the sound of thousands of tundra swans as they migrate through the Mississippi Flyway just before the first snow falls."
"Travel Wild Wisconsin: A Seasonal Guide to Wildlife Encounters in Natural Places" has been aptly described as "a year-long scavenger hunt through the seasons in search of Wisconsin's most interesting creatures!" Beginning with a wildlife treasure map of Wisconsin showing where to seek and sight loons, sandhill cranes, gray wolves, monarch butterflies, tundra swans, sturgeon, greater prairie chickens,
saw-whet owls, whooping cranes, American bison, Canada geese, and bald eagles, "Travel Wild Wisconsin" offers multiple desirable observation destinations organized by season and by months of the year into fifteen chapters.
I called vocally or played tapes of Northern Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), Northern
Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus), Western Screech-Owl, Barred Owl, Barn Owl (Tyto alba), and Great Homed Owl (Bubo virginianus) at each habitat- appropriate station and listened for responses for a total of at least 10 min.