A Little More Saw Whet

My nieces and I went to see the saw whet owl yesterday. It's still roosting on the same branch of the fir tree where it was first spotted. The girls were amazed by how tiny the bird is - about as big as a robin. But it is a much fiercer hunter than a robin. Saw whets will kill more mice than they can eat at one time so they can store the food for later. They'll place it in their roosting tree. Later when they're hungry, they'll sit on the food to thaw it and then eat up! If there is an abundance of food, saw whets will often only eat the heads. For being so small, they can be picky eaters.