Northern Pygmy Owl - (Glaucidium gnoma) a small sparrow-sized owl that measures about 7 inches long as an adult. It has a small round head and a long, finely barred tail. Its plumage is varying shades of brown with buff or white streaks. They live in open pine forest or mixed aspen and oak woods from southeastern Alaska throughout most of the western US and Canada. This small owl hunts mainly by sight alone, eating small rodents, frogs and birds.

This bird or owl is very unique in many ways: like it can fight off birds that are even bigger than itself. I am doing a research paper for school on this wonderful bird. This is a very interesting picture. Thank you for the beautiful picture!

Lauren Reissman