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at Wednesday, 04 July 2012 17:48by Jay
at Wednesday, 04 July 2012 17:48by Jay
They are absolutely adorable, what a wonderful shot this is! Thank you so much for sharing it with us, Trish!!
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL CHICKS BY TRISH SWEETT
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ABOUT THE PHOTO...
Trish says...
Ron & I drove to Beaumont Alberta and met up with Corey and Richard "The Owl Guys" www.flickr.com/photos/richarddmann/collections/7215762568....
We had a chance to meet some really cool owls. Thanks guys , it was awesome!! The saw-whet owlets are so fricken cute!!
| Camera | Nikon D7000 |
|---|---|
| Exposure | 0.01 sec (1/100) |
| Aperture | f/5.6 |
| Focal Length | 135 mm |
| ISO Speed | 400 |
ABOUT THE BIRD SPECIES...
They can weigh from 54 to 151 g (1.9 to 5.3 oz) with an average of around 80 g (2.8 oz), making them one of the smallest owls in North America. In relative size to other owls they are close to the size of an American Robin.
The Northern Saw-Whet Owl makes a repeated tooting whistle sound.
Their habitat is coniferous forests, sometimes mixed or deciduous woods, across North America.
They mainly eat small organisms with a focus on small mammals in their diet. In a test done by Swengel and Swengel they found that the Northern Saw-Whet Owls most often eat deer mice, 67% and voles, 16% of the time in Wisconsin. In a similar test done by Holt and Leroux in Montana found that these owls ate more voles than other mammal species.
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at Friday, 20 July 2012 13:34by wildtuinman
at Friday, 20 July 2012 13:34by wildtuinman
Boy they are cute and gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
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