Fedak and I encountered a trapped owl in one of the nets on the south side of Rte. 59. I held the light as Fedak carefully untangled the tiny owl from the net, its bright yellow eyes peering up at us.

Fedak and I encountered a trapped owl in one of the nets on the south side of Rte. 59. I held the light as Fedak carefully untangled the tiny owl from the net, its bright yellow eyes peering up at us.

Lots of interesting and little-known creatures emerge under cover of darkness. Some of them are human, but most are not. Perhaps foremost in piquing human interest about animals that ply their ...

Among the smallest owl species in North America, the saw-whet is the size of a smartphone topped with a pingpong ball. With a rounded head, bright yellow eyes and white and brown mottled feathers ...

The tiny Northern Saw-whet Owl is smaller than a robin. They have yellow eyes and an oversized tuftless head with white stripes and markings.

Banding stations are revealing some of saw-whet owls' secrets. Banding stations are revealing some of saw-whet owls' secrets. Minneapolis. 24°F. eEdition. Minnesota News You Can Use. The Latest.

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).

The northern saw-whet owl is the smallest owl species found in Wisconsin. Due to its reclusive, nocturnal habits, it's also little known and rarely seen. Licensed bird banders help track the birds.

You may never see Michigan’s tiniest owl in the wild, but on calm winter nights, you could very well hear one. The Northern saw-whet owl is one of the most common owls across the U.S. in winter ...

The public can come to watch the northern saw-whet owl, never bigger than an adult human hand, as volunteers carefully capture and band it on its fall migration.

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 ...