6.25-inch Flammulated Owl
This 6.25-inch Flammulated Owl carving was hand-crafted from solid Basswood. The Flammulated Owl has dark eyes, small ear tufts that are often indistinct and a variegated red-and-gray plumage. Birds in the northwestern part of the range are the most finely marked; those in the Great Basin mountains are grayish and have the coarsest markings; and those breeding in the Southeast are reddish. Strictly nocturnal, the Flammulated Owl nests and roosts in tree cavities, usually old woodpecker holes. Best located at night by its call, a series of single or paired low, hoarse, hollow hoots. Commonly found in Oak and Pine woodlands, especially Ponderosa Pine. sometimes nests in loose colonies. Highly migratory.
Reference
National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds of North America, Fifth Edition, Page 262
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