The Northern Saw-whet Owl is the only local owl I’ve never seen, ... Predatory adaptations include hooked beaks and strong feet with sharp talons.

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).

In contrast, our largest owl is the great horned owl, and it tapes out at nearly 2 feet in length with a 4-foot wingspan and body weight of 3 pounds. Northern saw-whet owls are incredible ...

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 ...

Working my way through a willow thicket along the Teton River west of Rexburg, I came eye-to-eye with an adult Northern saw-whet owl. I stood still as my eyes scanned the near-by branches, finally ...

Saw-whet owl fitted with transmitter, antenna showing. Credit: MPG Ranch Nightly movements of eight northern saw-whet owls tracked more than 32 km during fall migration in the Bitterroot Valley of ...

Owl Research Institute field technician and head bander Lauren Tate works to band a saw-whet owl at Flathead Lake Biological Station Tuesday, Oct. 15. (Avery Howe/Bigfork Eagle) A Saw-whet owl ...

News; Sci/Tech; Cool critters: This adorable tiny owl doesn’t give a hoot Sun., March 23, 2025 This northern saw-whet owl was spotted in a juniper tree in Okanagan County after its regurgitated ...

The fall-migration saw-whet owl monitoring stations coordinated by Project Owlnet now number about 100 across the United States and southern Canada.