Saw-whet Owls are the smallest owls in eastern United States- weighing only a quarter pound.
They live most of the year in Canada and migrate south to the Connecticut area for the winter.
| Name: Jean-Claude & Chloe
Species: Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadius |
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Saw-whet Owls are the smallest owls in eastern United States- weighing only a quarter pound. They live most of the year in Canada and migrate south to the Connecticut area for the winter. |
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| Chloe was hit by a car in 1993. Chloe has a fractured wing tip. Chloe can only fly a few feet, but not well enough to catch food. In the wild, saw-whet owls eat bats, moths, and rodents. |  |
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Jean-Claude was hit by a car in Torrington in 1991.
Jean-Claude's left eye is damaged and the left wing is broken.
Jean-Claude had a band on the leg indicating that he or she (we don't know) had been banded the previous spring in Ontario, Canada. |
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