Northern spotted owl
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787 PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON @ 787 [Observe the bird and recognize]… A4…Watercolour …[From the Ref. photograph of Internet]… A foreign bird on my canvas …The Northern Spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is one of three spotted owl subspecies. A western North American bird in the familyStrigidae, genus Strix, it is a medium-sized dark brown owl sixteen to nineteen inches in length and one to one and one sixth pounds. Females are larger than males. The wingspan is approximately 42 inches. The northern spotted owl is primarily nocturnal. Its diet consists mainly of wood rats (Neotoma sp.) and flying squirrels, although it will also eat other small mammals, reptiles, birds and insects. They will often swallow their catch whole and regurgitate pellets of indigestible hair, feathers and bones. Males and females both hunt, except during nesting, when males do most of the hunting. They can take prey on the ground and in flight. Northern spotted owls are one of the few owls with dark-co
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