Nests are situated in cavities in trees or in old hawk or crow nests.
Long-eared Owl: Asio otus wilsonianus (Lesson).—This owl is a local resident or summer resident in woodland with heavy cover throughout the State. Breeding records are available from Trego, Meade, Cloud, and Douglas counties.
Breeding schedule.—Four records of egg-laying are for the period March 11 to April 10.
Number of eggs.—Clutch-size is 5 or 6 eggs.
Nests are placed in hollows of trees, stumps, cliffsides, on the ground surface, or in old hawk, crow, or magpie nests (Davie, 1898).
Short-eared Owl: Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontoppidan).—This is a local resident or summer resident in open, marshy, and edge habitats; records of nesting come from Republic, Marshall, Woodson, and Bourbon counties.
Breeding schedule.—Eggs are laid at least in April.
Number of eggs.—Clutch-size is about 6 eggs (Davie, 1898).
Nests are simple structures of sticks and grasses, placed on the ground in grasses, frequently near cover of downed timber or bushes.
Saw-whet Owl: Aegolius acadicus acadicus (Gmelin).—This is a rare and local resident, in woodland. There is one breeding record (summer, 1951, Wyandotte County; Tordoff, 1956:331).