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saw whet owl

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Screech Owl House
Screech Owl House $36.75 Includes wood chips, for nesting.
www.Greenfeet.com/Owl_House

saw-whet owl

  [saw-hwet, -wet]
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–noun
a very small North American owl, Aegolius acadicus, having streaked, brown plumage and lacking ear tufts.
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; allegedly so called because its cry was likened to the noise of a saw being whetted
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Screech Owl House
Screech Owl House $36.75 Includes wood chips, for nesting.
www.Greenfeet.com/Owl_House
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