Male Short-eared Owl close up in Utah

Short-eared Owl Images, Facts and Information:

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  • Short-eared Owls are medium sized, mottled brown owls that have ear tufts that are not always visible.
  • Short-eared Owls are found in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Hawaii, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.
  • Short-eared Owls will hunt day and night and nest in scrapes lined with grass the ground.
  • Nicknames for Short-eared Owls include evening owl, marsh bog owl, grass owl, meadow owl, mouse-hawk and flat-faced owl.
  • Preferred habitats for Short-eared Owls in North America include tundra, grasslands, prairies, mountain meadows, salt marshes, freshwater marshes, estuaries and agricultural fields.
  • Their diet is small mammals and they occasionally take small birds.
  • Short-eared Owls lay 1 to 11 eggs which take 25 to 29 days to hatch. The female incubates.
  • In most of their range they are migratory.
  • Populations of Short-eared Owls are on the decline. The 2014 State of the Birds Report listed them as a Common Bird in Steep Decline and in Utah they are listed as a Wildlife Species of Concern.
  • Short-eared Owls can live 13 years.

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