Photo Details
1. Male, 2.
Female - May 22, 2005 - Davis
County, Utah
3.
, 4. - March 6, 2004 - Tracy
Aviary
Display at Gunnison Bend Reservoir, Millard County, Utah
©Nicky
Davis
Description
L 16 WS 42, Large
head,
Long gray legs, Pale tawny and white plumage, Heart-shaped white face,
Dark eyes, normally Nocturnal.
Forages for mice,
rats,
insects, bats and reptiles almost entirely by sound, flying 10
feet
over marshes, meadows and woodlands in open farmlands, grasslands,
deserts
and suburbs. Lays 4-7 white eggs in nest in a barn, old building, tree
hollow or old burrow of woodchuck or badger or in a hole in a bank or
cliff.
No nesting material is added. Will use nest box. In winter
they roost in conifers, old buildings or other places that are dark.
Beneficial
for rodent control.
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