Northern Saw-Whet Owl

Owling

They are one of our most secrtive owl species along with the other three small mountain owls. I’ve had them call around 4:00 AM in high elevation. Their song is a rapid, fast paste toot lasting about 15 seconds. They also have a long drawn out call that sounds like “waeeeah”.

Habitat

“Previous workers in Colorado observed that saw-whets dwell more in ponderosa pine woodlands or ponderosa pine mixed with Douglas-fir than in other forest types (Webb 1982b, Jones 1991).”S1.

Range

Red- summer, purple- resident, blue- winter, yellow- migration.

Important note: page in Progress.

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Sources

s1. Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas V1