Northern Hawk Owl

The Northern Hawk owl is medium in size, with associate degree off-white colored facial disc with black rim on the perimeters and white eyebrows. Their bodies area unit dark gray to fawn with white spots on the top. They need what seem to be false eyes on the rear of their heads and that they have white to off-white spots on their dark gray backs. Their shoulders exhibit a white adornment pattern. They need a awfully long tail, that helps them maneuver round the forests within which they hunt.

This bird of prey is diurnal and is usually found perching on treetops or posts that area unit uncovered.

The female usually selects the nesting website, that is usually cavities in tree trunks, abandoned pecker holes, and generally can use nests product of sticks from different birds. The feminine lays eggs in Apr and will. Typically between five and thirteen eggs area unit set and incubated by the feminine.

This bird of prey inhabits Eurasia in Norway, Sweden and Finland, throughout geographical area extending east to North China. They conjointly inhabit Central Asia and North America from Japanese Last Frontier and in most of North American nation. They live among boreal cone-bearing forests in lowlands (the space at the bottom of the mountain that's usually lower in elevation) or mountains. They hunt primarily tiny mammals like voles, and conjointly frogs and fish and generally moving songbirds