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	CT DEP: Long-eared Owl Fact Sheet
		Reason for Decline: Long-eared owl populations are mainly limited by the loss of habitat due to land development, forest thinning and the conversion of softwood forests to hardwood forests.
		The long-eared owl is generally silent except during the breeding season.
		The ear tufts, located near the center of the head, are long and blackish.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/factshts/leowl.htm (733 words)

	Long-eared Owl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) is a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America.
		It is very long winged, like the similar Short-eared Owl, and glides slowly on stiff wings when hunting.
		The Long-eared Owl is 31-37cm in length with an 86-98cm wingspan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Long-eared_owl (190 words)

	Owl Facts: Long-Eared Owl, Short-Eared Owl, Saw-Whet Owl and Snowy Owl
		The Short-eared Owl was once a frequent nester in the marshes and meadowlands of New Jersey, but draining and development of these wetlands have greatly reduced the habitat for these birds, and recent breeding records are scarce.
		Medium sized, 13 to 17 inches tall with a wingspan of 39 to 44 inches, the Shorteared Owl has a rounded head with small inconspicuous feather tufts, and bright yellow eyes.
		The Saw-Whet Owl is New Jersey's smallest bird of prey.
	www.theraptortrust.org /long.html (591 words)

	Species Spotlight: Long Eared Owl
		Long Eared owls are distributed throughout the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, in tropical America, and locally in Africa and Madagascar.
		The Long Eared Owl is sort of the intermediate between the Great Horned Owl and the Eastern Screech Owl in size.
		It is unusual for owls to establish colonies, but Long Eared Owls like company.
	www.tracwv.org /ssleow.htm (469 words)

	Long-Eared Owl
		The shyness of the long-eared owl may explain why it is not as common as the tawny owl.
		The long-eared owl may be found in many areas of Britain and Ireland, but it is not common and, being nocturnal, it is rarely seen.
		Modern intensive farming methods, which have reduced the number of small mammals and small birds in the countryside may be having an effect on the long-eared owl population.
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/longeared_owl.html (603 words)

	Long-Eared Owl
		The Long-eared Owl is careless as to the situation in which its young are to be reared, and generally accommodates itself with an abandoned nest of some other bird that proves of sufficient size, whether it be high or low, in the fissure of a rock or on the ground.
		The intestine is 21 inches long, from 2 1/2 twelfths to 1 twelfth in diameter; the coeca are 2 1/4 inches in length; their greatest diameter 4 twelfths; the cloaca still larger than that of the other individuals, being 2 inches long.
		The trachea, which is 3 inches long, is 3 1/2 twelfths in breadth at the upper part, 2 1/2 twelfths in the middle, and 3 twelfths at its lower extremity; its rings about 75 in number, cartilaginous, and considerably flattened.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F3_G5a.html (1483 words)

	What's It Like Where You Live?
		he long-eared owl is of a slenderer build than the tawny owl and has distinctive ear tufts; these tufts are simply feathers and have no connection with the actual ears.
		Some northern populations of long-eared owls migrate south of their breeding areas in winter, to Mexico, northern Egypt and India, and northward again in spring.
		Long-eared owls roost from March to May, according to area; when food supplies are abundant they may produce two broods.
	mbgnet.mobot.org /sets/taiga/animals/owl.htm (224 words)

	The Aviary: Long-eared Owl
		The long-eared owl is medium sized, about the size of a crow (15") and has a 3-foot wingspan.
		It has long ear tufts that are closer together than the Great Horned Owls.
		The call is heard during the breeding season, otherwise this owl is silent.
	aviary.owls.com /longeared_owl/longear_owl.html (120 words)

	Long-eared Owl Biology
		Long-eared Owls are often associated with coniferous (evergreen) forest edges or patches of conifers adjacent to grasslands, agricultural lands, or riparian habitat.
		Food and Feeding: Small mammals are the primary food of the Long-eared Owl although small birds may also be taken.
		Their habitat requirements do not change between breeding and wintering although during breeding season the owls become very territorial and subsequently dispersed, where as during the winter months they roost communally in groups of 7 to 50 birds.
	www.owling.com /Leo_nh.htm (720 words)

	Long-Eared Owl - Aiso otus
		The Long-Eared Owl is a medium sized owl which is approximately 35 centimeters long (around 13 inches) and weighs 8-10 ounces.
		It is called long eared because of the tuft of feather on its head that look like ears.
		They do have ears, one which is fifty percent larger than the other and is higher up on the head.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /long_eared_owl.htm (405 words)

	Birds: The Long-eared Owl
		HE name of the Long-Eared Owl is derived from the great length of his "ears" or feather-tufts, which are placed upon the head, and erect themselves whenever the bird is interested or excited.
		The habits of the Long-Eared Owl are nocturnal.
		It is the "black sheep" of the owl family, the majority of owls being genuine friends of the agriculturist, catching for his larder so many of the small animals that prey upon his crops.
	www.birdnature.com /mar1897/owl.html (600 words)

	The Owls of North Dakota
		Sometimes referred to as the "lesser horned owl," the long-eared owl is a slender crow-sized owl with long, close-set ear tufts.
		Like the great horned owl, the long-eared owl uses nests abandoned by hawks, crows, magpies, herons, or squirrels, or in cavities of old stumps, and occasionally on the ground if tree nests are scarce.
		This owl is gray to brownish-gray in color, 13-16 inches long, and has a wingspread of 3 to 3 1/2 feet.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/othrdata/owls/asiootus.htm (231 words)

	Long-eared Owl
		The feathered tufts on the top of tufted owls’ heads, like Great Horned Owls, screech-owls, and Long-eared Owls, are not horns or ears, but feathers that are used to communicate and help the bird blend into its surroundings.
		Like Short-eared Owls, Long-eared Owls often roost in colonies during the non-breeding season.
		These owls hunt at night flying low over the ground in forest openings and along forest edges.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/owls/longeard.html (286 words)

	The Long-Eared Owl
		The Long-Eared Owl is a nocturnal, predatory bird and it often roosts in dense conifers.
		The Long-Eared owl is common in North America, Eurasia, and Northern Africa.
		The owls hunt mainly from late dusk to early dawn and feed primarily on mammals.
	www.classbrain.com /artmovies/publish/article_81.shtml (315 words)

	The Long Eared Owl, BirdCheck.co.uk
		The Long-eared Owl is plentiful in many countries of all the four quarters of the globe.
		The food of this Owl consists of leverets, rabbits, rats, shrews, mice, moles, sparrows, snipes, chaffinches, blackbirds, linnets, goldfinches, and other small birds, which it is said to surprise when at roost; as also of beetles and other insects, and at times fish.
		This Owl is not only a nocturnal, but occasionally, and even in bright sunshine, a diurnal feeder: for the most part, however, it keeps quiet by day.
	www.birdcheck.co.uk /main/previewpages/previewpage188.htm (1618 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Long-eared owl
		Long-eared owls are not listed in the 2000 IUCN Red List, and populations are generally stable, although numbers in the UK have declined owing to habitat destruction.
		Long-eared owls have a body length of 35cm and a wingspan of 90-100cm.
		The owls form pair-bonds in winter, involving courtship where the male advertises with songs and a zigzagging aerial display.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/205.shtml (320 words)

	Long-eared Owl
		...of conservation concern (barn owl and short-eared owl), two others are poorly monitored, nocturnal and also in decline (tawny owl and long-eared owl) and the...
		...of conservation concern (barn owl and short-eared owl), two others were poorly monitored, nocturnal and also in decline (tawny owl and long-eared owl) and the...
		...will be the tawny owl (the most common), the barn owl (the most rapidly declining), the short-eared owl (the least numerous), the long-eared owl (the most...
	conservation.mongabay.com /Long-eared_Owl.htm (200 words)

	ADW: Asio otus: Information
		The head of long-eared owls is large and round, topped with long blackish ear tufts that are close together and are not visible in flight.
		Long-eared owl nestlings are vulnerable to predation by porcupines, bull snakes, American crows, black-billed magpies, and several hawk species.
		Long-eared owls are the most slender of all North American owls, an attribute that they use as a defense against predators.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Asio_otus.html (1670 words)

	Long-eared Owl
		Long-eared Owls are mainly silent for most of the year, with most calling taking place in the breeding season.
		It has long feather ears, orange-yellow eyes, as well as a conspicuous, well defined facial disc.
		The young have a call similar to a squeaking gate, and they ready to leave the nest at 18 to 25 days, and fledge from 30 days.
	www.hawkandowl.org /page87aaaa.html (241 words)

	Long-eared Owl Conservation Project
		The Long-eared Owl is generally an Owl of dual habitat: in South-West England for example it prefers to nest and roost in woodland and by night hunt across open grassland for mainly small mammals.
		Long-eared Owls feed on a wide variety of food from small mammals such as Mice and Voles through to small birds the size of Thrushes.
		As with most other Owls the female appears larger than the male with an average height head to tail of between 350mm and 400mm with a large wingspan for the size of owl at around 1000mm across.
	www.owls.org /Whatis/long_eared_project.htm (2257 words)

	Long-eared Owl Nest & Fledglings
		The owl quickly freed itself, thank goodness, and fell flappingly to the ground, where it disappeared momentarily amid some high grass.
		It soon reappeared by jumping on a larger fallen branch, where it shrieked, howled and mournfully wooed with its shivering wings spread partially open.
		Astonishingly, the owl fell over backwards a bit, bounced forward from another branch a bit more to bounce again from another branch, this time sideways, to bounce yet again from yet another branch.
	triffophoto3.tripod.com /tpo/id21.html (313 words)

	My Owls of the World - Long Ear Owls
		The long-eared owl is a slender owl with ear tufts that are close together.
		When the long-eared owl is alarmed or frightened it will drop to the ground and pretend it is wounded or has broken a wing.
		A Report by A.J. The owl I studied is called the Long Eared Owl.
	members.tripod.com /myowls/page9.html (779 words)

	Long-eared owl - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		The long-eared owl is medium-sized owl, smaller in size than a woodpigeon.
		It often looks long and thin, with head feathers (known as ear tufts even though they are not ears) which it raises when alarmed.
		It is buff-brown with darker brown streaks, and deep orange eyes.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/l/longearedowl/index.asp (264 words)

	Long-eared owl
		Long-eared owls are very rare in Tulare County, in fact this is the first sighting of this species at Kaweah Oaks Preserve.
		Long-eared owls prey upon small creatures like voles, mice, lizards and insects.
		The ear tufts are long and more closely set than those on the Great Horned Owl.
	kaweahoaks.com /html/long_eared_owl.html (199 words)

	Long-Eared Owl Home Page -- Awards
		The Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, and the Long-Eared Owl, Asio otus.
		This is a great privilege, when I consider how many of the 19 species of North American owls are really quite difficult to spot, including of course my very elusive runner-up, the tiny Saw-Whet Owl (which, I think that species would have won if it weren't so ill-advisedly resistant to flushing compared to yours truly).
		Then there's the Eastern Screech Owl, whose gray morph, in particular, looks like a piece of petrified wood when the creature is standing stock still.
	www.quass.com /owlspecies/longearedowl/awards.html (393 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Long-eared Owl, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		The Long-eared Owl, although roosting and nesting in dense thickets, does its foraging in the open, and small birds are not as available there, at least at night, as they are in the trees and bushes through which certain other species of owls, known to capture birds, are wont to hunt.
		The long-eared owl is more strictly nocturnal in its habits than some of our other owls; it spends the day well hidden in the densest cover it can find and seldom moves about unless disturbed; for this reason it is seldom seen and may be common where its presence is not suspected.
		This latter nest was made of coarse sticks and was lined with dead pine needles, strips of inner bark, and many owl feathers; it measured 24 inches in outside and 12 inches in inside diameter and was hollowed to a depth of 4 inches.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch71-80/longeowl.html (6008 words)

	Long Eared Owl
		The Long Eared Owl does a huge amount of good by controlling the mouse population.
		The owl catches its food by sitting in a tree near an open field and waiting for a small rodent to come by.
		It is sixteen inches long with a wing span of around forty inches.
	www.bgsd.k12.wa.us /gln/watrin/le_owl.html (173 words)

	Long Eared Owl
		Most Long Eared Owls whose habits are at night spend their day light hours in a hollow tree or other holes or recesses where little or no light can enter.
		Long Eared Owls are not as big and slimmer than Tawny Owls.
		On their multicolored back the feathers are a blend of brown and the female Long Eared Owl is notably darker than the male.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/birding/43425 (433 words)

	Long Eared Owl - Asio otus
		The Long-eared Owl has distinctive ear tufts on the top of its head which are not ears.
		The owl raises or lowers its tufts depending on its mood.
		This owl roosts by day and hunts at night which makes it one of the more difficult owls to find.
	www.discoverit.co.uk /falconry/learedow.htm (117 words)

	Long-eared Owl
		In general appearance the Long-eared Owl suggests a Great Horned Owl but is not much more than half the size of the latter and is longitudinally streaked instead of horizontally barred below.
		It is about the size of a Short-eared Owl, but that species is predominantly buffy in color, instead of dusky and gray with only a smattering of buffy.
		Moreover, the exceptionally long "ear" tufts are situated closer together, near the center of the head.
	losbird.org /labirds/leowl.htm (370 words)

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