Twelve owls / Laura Erickson ; illustrations by Betsy Bowen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erickson, Laura, 1951-

Contributor:

Bowen, Betsy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Owls--Minnesota.

Owls.

Owls in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Meet the saw-whet, the tiniest of Minnesota's owls, a mere eight inches from the tip of its blunt tail to the top of its rounded head. The simplest way to find one is to listen for the scolding calls of a flock of agitated chickadees. Or, if you're lucky, you might witness the male throwing all caution to the wind and ""co-co-co-co-ing"" for a mate, inching forward on every note like the bird in a cuckoo clock. From this fetching little creature to the magnificent great gray, the owls of Minnesota have found the perfect spokeswoman in this book, which is as charming as it is informative. Writt

Contents:

Artist's note

Introduction

Northern saw-whet owl

Eastern screech-owl

Burrowing owl

Boreal owl

Barn owl

Short-eared owl

Long-eared owl

Northern hawk owl

Barred owl

Great horned owl

Snowy owl

Great gray owl.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8166-7876-6

OCLC:

756484559