Examples of saw-whet owl in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The adult northern saw-whet owl, from the smallest owl species in the Northeast, was found trapped in the 75-foot tree; its rescue amassed a following on social media (see: #RockefellerOwl). — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020 The red cedar provides respite for a rare wintering bird called the northern saw-whet owl. — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 24 Dec. 2020 Wild things Consider the recent quandary of a northern saw-whet owl, one of the smallest owls in the U.S., trying to find its way home. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2020 Long live Rocky, the tiny saw-whet owl that made big news last month when she was found in the giant Christmas tree at Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center. — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 1 Dec. 2020 The Northern saw-whet owl, one of the smallest in North America, was found by workers in New York City inside the 75-foot Norway Spruce that traveled some 170 miles across the state from Oneonta. — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2020 Identified at a rehab center as a saw-whet owl, the smallest of its kind in the Northeast, the owl may have hitched a ride all the way from upstate New York. — Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 24 Nov. 2020 The woman subsequently delivered the bird to an employee at the center, who identified it as a saw-whet owl. — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020

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