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<br />SCIENTIFIC NAHB <br /> <br />ORDER STRIGIFO~~S: <br />FA/IlLY TYTONIlJAE: <br /> <br />OIlLS <br />BAlUl O\ILS, <br /> <br />T ytfJ C1lba. p.'lllthtc:.olo. <br /> <br />FAMILY STRIGIlJAE. TYPICAL OIlLS <br />Ow u,u, a.Uww, <br /> <br />Ow 6lDm.eo.tuA 6.t1wneo.tuA <br /> <br />Babo v.llr.g.uu4nu..1 <br />v.<Jtg~ <br /> <br />&Lbo v.<Jtg~ <br />occ.iden.ta.U.I <br /> <br />Nyc.tea 4c:.aruUac4 <br /> <br />GlauUdW.m gnoma. <br />c:.a.Li.601LJI.icum <br /> <br />Speo.t!lto ~ <br />hUJ'uga.ea <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />(!lonapane) <br /> <br />(!lrev.r~) <br /> <br />(Kaup) <br /> <br />(CmeUn) <br /> <br />(Srone) <br /> <br />(L1nnlleue) <br /> <br />(Scharer) <br /> <br />(Bonaparte) <br /> <br />COMMON NAME <br /> <br />!lern 0<.1 <br /> <br />Aiken 1 I Screech <br />Owl <br /> <br />1IABITAT lIND COMMENTS <br /> <br />STATUS DISTRIButION <br /> <br />An uncommon resident, strictly nocturnal, hunts B,S.V <br />rats and mice in farmyards, marshes, and field., <br />it nests in barns, abandoned buildings, and tree <br />cavities_ <br /> <br />A common resident, owl of towns, orchardsi and B.S,W . <br />small ~oDdlots. nests in cavities and occa.ionally <br />1n flicker boxes. <br /> <br />FlaUllul1ate.d OWl . Rare, nocturnal, occurs 1n mountain habitats Unknovn <br />six to ten thousand feet. often nesti~g in old <br />vwoodpecker holes in Aspens and coniferous tree.. <br /> <br />Great Horned Owl Casual, they ranEe from cottonwood-lined stream- B,S,W <br />beds, of the dry prairies into the coniferou8 <br />forests of the foothills, <br /> <br />MontaDA Horned Owl Fairly common resident, decreasing through b,S,V <br />persecution, nests in cotton~ood6 and willows <br />along plains stream bottoms, often using old Kal~ie <br />nests. will also nest on'cliffs. <br /> <br />Sno"y Owl <br /> <br />California Pygmy <br />Cwl <br /> <br />'Weljtern Burrow1DS <br />0111 <br /> <br />Rare winter visitant, it perches near the ground : <br />in open country and often allows birders to <br />Bppro3ch closely, feeds on le~~ings and other <br />rodents and rabbits. <br /> <br />,K <br /> <br />An uncommon resident, probably nonmigratory, <br />nests in conifers, wide altitudinal range. <br /> <br />,m <br /> <br />. An unCOlI\I1lon summer t'esident, bt'eeds locally, I,S,V <br />utl1itcB abandoned prDlri~ dog holes on tbe plain.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />All <br /> <br />U' <br />I ~ <br />C':l <br />C' <br /> <br />'lIuknown <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Uaknovn <br /> <br />Unknown <br /> <br />G <br /> <br />. <br />