Holt has been studying Saw-whet owls for more than 40 years. This fall, they moved the Institute’s Saw-whet owl banding station to UM’s Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS).

The birds weigh about as much as a bar of soap. That’s how Melissa Boyle Acuti describes the northern saw-whet owl, the smallest owl species found in Maryland and one of the smallest in North ...

Many of the owl reports have been of those ... Great Horned Owl and the Barred Owl. There are also smaller Northern Saw-whet ... Gray Owls, six were Boreal Owls, and there was one Snowy Owl.

The Northern Saw-whet Owl is the only local owl I’ve never seen, but just knowing this cool-looking owl is out there is good enough. At night they keep busy hunting in conifer forest and ...

Lots of interesting and little-known creatures emerge under cover of darkness. Some of them are human, but most are not. Perhaps foremost in piquing human interest about animals that ply their ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Under the moonlight, scientists head into Lackawanna State Park for some research on a nocturnal bird of prey you may be familiar with. The northern saw-whet owl got its ...

Pipsqueak, a saw whet owl used in presentations by Barb and Joe Rogers of the Wildlife Recovery Association, poses with hollow trees that this owl species loves to use to for both habitation and ...

The northern saw-whet owl is the smallest owl species found in Wisconsin. Due to its reclusive, nocturnal habits, it's also little known and rarely seen. Licensed bird banders help track the birds.

The northern saw-whet owl is the smallest owl species found in Wisconsin. Due to its reclusive, nocturnal habits, it's little known and rarely seen.

A northern saw-whet owl in Canada Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images The birds weigh about as much as a bar of soap. That’s how Melissa Boyle Acuti describes the northern ...

Northern saw-whet owls are incredible nocturnal hunting machines. Their eyes constitute nearly 5% of the body mass and have many more cones than human eyes. This allows them to see in darkness ...