. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . Handbook of Western Birds. Fig. 5S.—Saw-whet owl. BIKDS. 155 taken in tlio hand in the daytime, the Eskimos of Alaska have giventhem the name of blind ones. Saw-whet Oavl: Cryptoglaux acadica acadica.—Mr. Bryant sa3sthat the saw-whet is rare in the park and that the mounted one at. Photograph by Robert B. Rockwell. Fk:. 5f>.—Spi-epch owl nt home iu a hollow tree. Lewiss came from outside the park. In 1895 Messrs. Bailey andHowell reported hearing one at dark on June 1, at the upper Lake
. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . Handbook of Western Birds. Fig. 5S.—Saw-whet owl. BIKDS. 155 taken in tlio hand in the daytime, the Eskimos of Alaska have giventhem the name of blind ones. Saw-whet Oavl: Cryptoglaux acadica acadica.—Mr. Bryant sa3sthat the saw-whet is rare in the park and that the mounted one at. Photograph by Robert B. Rockwell. Fk:. 5f>.—Spi-epch owl nt home iu a hollow tree. Lewiss came from outside the park. In 1895 Messrs. Bailey andHowell reported hearing one at dark on June 1, at the upper Lake. As it is a small nocturnal owl of the deep forest itmay easily be overlooked. 156 WILD AXIMALS OF GLACIER KATIONAL PARK. MacFarlajse Screech Oavl: Otas asio macfarianel.—A mountedspecimen of the familiar little horned screech owl from 7^ to 10 incheslong may be seen at Lewiss. As it is an owl of the low country, itsquaverhig cry should be listened for at night by campers along theedges of the park. Western Horned Oavl: Bubo virginianus occidentalis.—Thegreat horned owl should be looked for in the more open parts of thepark. Its nests may be found on old hawk nests, in hollow trees, orin caA-erns in the cliffs. It is one of the most spectacular birds ofthe park. On a moonlight night, one has been seen sitting on the bridge OA^er the Swiftcurrent atMany Glaciers,
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