Fast Facts
Habitat/behaviour
Endangerment
Food Chain
Diet
100
What is the spotted owls colours?
The feathers are primarily brown with white spots.
100
Is the spotted owl nocturnal?
yes.
100
How many spotted owl females are currently left in BC?
17 female owls.
100
What type of animal is the spotted owl?
Carnivore.
100
What is their main food?
Flying squirrel
200
What is the spotted owl's scientific name?
Strix Occidentalis.
200
What is the usually spotted owl habitat?
Forests and wooded canyons over 200 years old.
200
What are two factors in spotted owl endangerment?
They do not protect there young from predators, old forest logging practices.
200
What are both the spotted owl's main predators?
Great Horned owl and Barred owl
200
Name two other things that the spotted owls eat.
wood rats, hares, rabbits, and mice.
300
What is the male and female wingspan?
106cm for males and 109cm for females.
300
What is this bird unique to?
North America.
300
What is the problem of endangerment that the wildlife biologist says?
When spotted owls are captive bred and released into the wild, they have no place to go, therfore killing them.
300
What type of eater is the spotted owl?
wait then kill.
300
Name 2 things that often apear in spotted owl pellets.
bones, skulls, teeth and fur.
400
What is the average lifespan of a spotted owl in the wild?
17 years in the wild.
400
Where do spotted owl's build there nests?
In natural tree cavities out of the sun.
400
How much money was the recovery plan that the Minister of Agriculture and Lands announced?
3.4 million
400
Do the spotted owl often protect its young?
No.
400
What time do spotted owls do their hunting?
At night.
500
What is the spotted owl's average weight?
518g to 760g.
500
Name one of the two hooting calls.
Mating call: whoop wu-hu hoo Fighting: rapid hoots, up to 15 per call.
500
Why is the cutting of old forests much of a problem?
That's the only place spotted owls live and the do not migrate.
500
How does the spotted owl eat its prey?
it waits until it comes close and then swoops down and grabs it with its talons. Next it tears it open making it easy to eat.
500
What are spotted owls diets strongly related to?
There breeding.
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