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The Spotted Owl
By Michael

There are many interesting facts about the physical characteristics of the Western Spotted Owl. The owls voice has four note hoots,"hoo-hoohoo-hoo". The average length is 19 inches for the female. The average length of a male is 18 inches. The Spotted Owls' eyes are dark brown. They have pale brown facial fechals which are very dark. The owls' bill is grayish. The owls weight is 518-760 grams or one to two pounds. As you can see, the Western Spotted Owl's appearance is interesting.

The Western Spotted Owl has interesting facts about its habitat. The Spotted owl likes to live in dark old pine trees. Spotted Owls are owls that live in the forests and mountains of Western North America. They build a nest in the cavities of a tree stumps. Sometimes they use old nests of a squirrels or hawks. In the Pacific coast forest there is a argument between people who cut down trees, and people how save wild life. The Spotted owl lives in the trees that are being cut down. The Spotted owl's habitat needs to be save.

The Spotted Owl hunts for its food. The Spotted Owls use a perch to "sit and wait", then they dives down onto the prey. The Spotted Owl is known to capture thirty different mammal species including bats, and twenty three species of bird prey. They also eat snakes, crickets, beetles, and moths. Pellets are large and compact measuring about 5.1 to 7.6 centimeters or 2 to 3 inches. That's now they catch there food and what they eat.

These are some things about how they breed, feed, and protect their young. The female e Spotted Owl lays up to 2 to 4 or 2 to 3 eggs. They eggs are laid every 3 to 4 days,usually in April. The eggs take up to 28 to 32 days to hatch. They put their eggs in large tree cavities, on broken tops of large trees, on large branches or cavities in banks and rock faces. The female looks over the nest. The male brings food to the nest and passes it to the female, then the female passes it to the young ones. These are some facts about how the Spotted Owl breeds and cares for its young.

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