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The INDEPENDENT, January 4, 2012
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife invites you to learn about owls
Fourteen species of owls
can be seen – and heard – in
Oregon. From the tiny sparrow-
sized northern pygmy owl to
the great horned owl with its
powerful talons to that rare vis-
itor the snowy owl, they delight
and amaze.
To help Oregonians learn
Left, a snowy owl pho-
tographed near Burns, Ore-
gon in December. Snowy
owls live in the arctic and are
only rare winter visitors to
the state. Photo courtesy of
Charlotte Ganskopp.
about the state’s owls, the Ore-
gon Department of Fish and
Wildlife has produced a new
fact sheet, Whooooo Am I?
Designed primarily for kids, it is
the third in a series of flyers
that is popular with Oregonians
of all ages. The fact sheet pro-
vides a description and photo-
graph of each of Oregon’s 14
owl species and tells where
they live. The flyer is available
in the Living with Wildlife sec-
tion of the ODFW website.
“We have wonderful species
of owls in the state,” said An-
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vation Strategy coordinator.
“Learning about owls is the first
step in knowing where you
might hear or see one.”
Some of the facts in the new
educational flyer:
• Most owls are nocturnal,
hunting for insects, fish, frogs,
birds, mice and other small
mammals in the night
• Owls have large eyes so
they can see in dim light
• Owls cannot move their
eyes up, down or sideways, but
they can rotate their heads 270
degrees!
• Owls do not build nests; in-
stead, they use tree cavities,
nests created by other species,
naturally occurring structures
or made-made nest platforms.
The flammulated, short-
eared, northern spotted, west-
ern burrowing and great gray
owls are identified in the Ore-
gon Conservation Strategy as
species of conservation con-
cern. The northern spotted owl
is listed as threatened under
both the federal and state En-
dangered Species acts. Visit
the Conservation Section of
ODFW’s website to learn more.
Download the flyer from
ODFW’s website, http://www.
dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/living_wi
th/owls.asp .
Other flyers in the series are
Batty for Bats and Frogs are
Cool.
For a print copy, email
odfw.info@state.or.us
Photo caption: A snowy owl
photographed near Burns, Ore-
gon in December. Snowy owls
live in the arctic and are only
rare winter visitors to the state.
Photo courtesy of Charlotte
Ganskopp.
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