The Long-eared Owl is a medium-sized owl with prominent ear tufts held close together that give it an alert, intense expression. It is a remarkably secretive species that roosts communally in dense thickets and is rarely detected except by persistent searching. It hunts small mammals at night over open fields and meadows by flying low and listening.
Habitat
Dense riparian thickets and forest edges near open hunting areas
Diet
Voles, mice, and other small mammals
How common
Uncommon
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