The Northern Pygmy-Owl is such a special bird that hopefully you all will come to the Bird Rescue Center on February 26th to see one up close. When one sat outside Janice's dining room window last year for about 2 hours on a rainy afternoon she only recognized it because of the Owl Program her family participated in through Pee Wee Audubon. They are only 6 to 7 inches long and weigh just 2 to 3 ounces.
Eyebrows are a distinctive white.
The head is finely spotted. Its habitat is not well known, but is most often seen in mixed fir forests. Similar to Saw-Whet Owl call. The Northern Pygmy-Owl's courtship ritual includes erratic flight near the nest, low trilling call by the perched female accompanied by the male with ritual feeding of female by male. It has 3-5 eggs in a clutch.