Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

PYGMY OWL.

379. Glaucidium gnoma. 7 inches.

These interesting little Owls, which are found in the Rocky Mountains, westward from British Columbia to Mexico, feed in the day time upon insects, mice and occasionally small birds. They are to be seen in the wooded districts. Nest in holes of trees. Four eggs (1.00 × .90).