Typical Owls
Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae
Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.
- Flammulated Owl, Otus flammeolus (A)
- Eastern Screech Owl, Megascops asio
- Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
- Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus (A)
- Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
- Barred Owl, Strix varia
- Long-eared Owl, Asio otus (A)
- Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus (A)
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