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Northern Hawk Owl
Size - 14 1/2 to 17 1/2 inches long
Habitat - Open coniferous and birch forests.
Nesting - They nest is a in an abandoned nest of crow or hawk or a tree cavity..
Eggs - 3 to 7, white. Incubation 21 to 28 days, largely by the female. Young leave the nest 25 to 35 days after hatching.
Food - Rodents, birds, and large insects. |
Snowy Owl
Size - 19 to 25 inches long.
Habitat - Open areas, dunes, and marshes; nests on Arctic tundra.
Nesting - The nest is a shallow depression in ground on tundra.
Eggs - 5 to 8, up to 11 in good lemming years. Incubation 32 days, by female only. Young leave the nest 6 to 8 weeks after hatching. Sometimes 2 broods a year.
Food - Various animals and birds; also carrion.. |
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Short-eared Owl
Size - 12 - 16 inches long.
Habitat - Fields, plains, marshes, and dunes.
Nesting - Eggs are laid in shallow, grass and feather-lined depression in the ground.
Eggs - 4 to 9, white. Incubation 3 weeks, by female. Young leave the nest in about 6 weeks. Several pairs may nest close together.
Food - Mainly voles; also other small rodents, insects, and small birds. |
Great Gray Owl
Size - 24 - 32 inches long.
Habitat - Coniferous forests in Far North; mountains in the West.
Nesting - The eggs are laid in abandoned nest of a hawk or eagle or on top of a stump.
Eggs - 3 to 5, white. Incubation 30 days, by female only. Young leave the nest 5 weeks after hatching, but depend on the parents for several weeks longer.
Food - Primarily small animals; also crows and smaller birds. |
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Reference source: "North American Birds" Reader's Digest
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