6973994240 | Cooper's Hawk | - maniacal 'hahaha!' sound, like a witch - rounded tail, size is between jay and crow - eats birds by bird feeders, drown prey, urban H: woodlands, backyards F: mostly birds, some rodents N: stick nests in conifers - females are dominant | ![]() | 0 |
6973994241 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | - notch in tail, looks like Cooper's underneath - same size as jay, lives in outskirts - sounds chihuahua-ish H: conifer forests, backyards F: rodents and small birds N: stick nests in conifers - pluck feathers before eating birds | ![]() | 1 |
6973996597 | Great horned owl | - 'horns' in ear area for sexual dimorphism - doesn't open beak to hoot H: ubiquitous F: mammals, birds, the occasional house cat N: stick nests made by other species - #1 predator of crows, eat other birds of prey | ![]() | 2 |
6973996598 | Western screech owl | - don't screech, most common urban owl - smaller than Great horned, big yellow eyes - sounds like a monkey H: throughout the west (rural and urban) F: mammals, birds, N: tree cavities | ![]() | 3 |
6973998383 | Pygmy owl | - hoot sound, Thurman's favorite bird - diurnal hunter, call used in pishing H: throughout the west F: small birds and mammals N: cavities | ![]() | 4 |
6973998384 | Barn owl | - screech, heard at night, white face/underneath - store prey like rodents (ranchers build nest box) H: all over the world, F: mammals, N: cavities | ![]() | 5 |
6973999415 | American kestrel | - NA's smallest falcon, hovers when stalking prey - very colorful, wags tail to bring back mate - high pitched 'wawawawawa' sound H: open woodlands, N: cavity F: insects, mice, small birds | ![]() | 6 |
6973999416 | Northern saw-whet owl | - mustache and goatee, sounds like sonar - reclusive, poorly understood migration, found thru sound or mobbing H: throughout US, F: mice, N: cavities | ![]() | 7 |
6974000693 | Barred owl | - 'bars' on body, hoot has crescendo - drive out spotted owls or hybridize H: forest (common @ east coast, expanding range @ west) F: mammals, birds, fish N: cavity/stick nest - It's a "barred"! | ![]() | 8 |
6974000694 | Spotted owl | - li'l bit smaller than barred, sounds like rowdy dog - #s plummeted from logging, barred owls H: old-growth coniferous forest (west) F: they love flying squirrels N: cavities | ![]() | 9 |
6974001535 | Flammulated owl | - looks like charcoal?, camo, deep hoot - common but difficult to find (Cascades) H: high elevations of ponderosa pine F: nocturnal insects, N: cavities | ![]() | 10 |
6974002867 | Great grey owl | - NA's largest, 'voot' sound?, old and 'greying' H: boreal (high elevation coniferous) forest F: rodents, N: reused raven and hawk nests | 11 | |
6974002868 | Burrowing owl | - hoot sounds like "hahaa!" - feeds diurnal (insects), noctural (mammals) H: dry open areas N: burrow dug by mammal F: insects, mammals, birds, amphibians | ![]() | 12 |
6981064076 | Snowy owl | - echo-y hoot, heaviest owl, diurnal - juveniles fly south for winter H: open areas with views (tundra) F: lemmings ("rodents of the tundra") N: depression in ground | ![]() | 13 |
6981069428 | Long-eared owl | - loudish strong hoot, most social owls (territorial) H: forested areas near meadows F: rodents, N: stick nests made by other birds | ![]() | 14 |
6981069429 | Swainson's hawk | - white chins (look like red-tailed underneath) - flock in 1000's when migrating H: open range throughout the west (summers) F: mammals (breeding season), insects (rest o' time) N: sticks (trees) | ![]() | 15 |
6981069430 | Turkey vulture | - featherless head, "V" when flying, long primaries (like fingers), keen sense of smell - put whole head in prey's body cavity (they eat carrion, or dead things) H: open woodlands (summer), N: ground | ![]() | 16 |
6981070436 | Northern harrier | - fly low to ground (~10ft), white on rump - "squeaky toy" sound, hunt by sight & sound - known to drown prey H: grasslands, wetlands (summer) F: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians N: platform nest on ground | ![]() | 17 |
6981070437 | Rough-legged hawk | - feather-legged, high-pitched call H: grasslands, agricultural fields F: mammals, N: stick nests on cliffs - common in winter @ Sauvie Island | ![]() | 18 |
6981071217 | Golden eagle! | - brown w/gold feathers mixed in, national animal in Mexico, sounds like a tortured squeak - hunt in packs, Mongolians train them to hunt H: grasslands, N: cliffs, trees F: large mammals and birds (rabbits, deer, coyotes, wolves, cranes) - awesome capture videos! | ![]() | 19 |
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