Ferruginous pygmy owl by Grace Conlisk https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw a very small bird en-us 2021-03-05 16:08:38 UTC 2025-06-21 16:24:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f989.png Name of species and an interesting fact gconlisk0621 https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274307175 The name of the species I chose to research is the Ferruginous pygmy owl. An interesting fact about this owl is to fool its prey, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl evolved so-called false eyes: patches of dark feathers on the back of its head that look like eyes.


]]> 2021-03-05 16:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274307175 Where this species lives along the border gconlisk0621 https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274354337 Ferruginous pygmy owl lives in the desert habitat of southern Arizona in the southwestern United States, and northwestern Mexico. They live at elevations below 4,000 feet (1,200 m). The owl prefers desert-scrub thickets, trees, and large cacti for nesting and roosting.]]> 2021-03-05 16:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274354337 What this species eats and where they find it gconlisk0621 https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274371827 It hunts a variety of birds, lizards, mammals, and insects. The flight is often undulating in motion, similar to that of many woodpecker species. It can be readily located by the small birds that mob it while it is perched in a tree (up to 40 birds of 11 species have been recorded mobbing one owl ). The Ferruginous pygmy's owl's food can be found in various places like under rocks and logs. In holes and nest. This owl's food can also be found in cactuses.

]]> 2021-03-05 16:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274371827 What corridor they use to cross the border gconlisk0621 https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274427436 many people think the Ferruginous pygmy owl will just fly over the fence. This is false the Ferruginous pygmy owl can only on average, just over four and a half feet above the ground; existing border barriers, by contrast, are at least 18 feet high. New walls proposed by the Trump administration may top out above 30 feet. So for where the birds will cross the border isn't set in stone. The Ferruginous owls don't cross at one exact point. They basically use every corridor.]]> 2021-03-05 16:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274427436 How has this species been affected by the construction/expansion of the border wall? gconlisk0621 https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274531558 Just like every other species affected by the border wall the Ferruginous owl will be cut of from water, food, space, and breeding grounds.Not like other birds the Ferruginous owl can't just fly over the wall. It has to find a corridor to cross. And unfortunately, populations across the border in Sonora, Mexico, drooped 36 percent from 2000 to 2009, according to a report by University of Montana biologist Aaron Flesch.]]> 2021-03-05 16:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gconlisk0621/j0lr0vkgu6ut00gw/wish/1274531558