Hawk Owl (Surnla ulula caparoch) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

Occurrence in Amherst & Connecticut Valley, Mass.

C19

Very rare winter visitor

December - February

C20

Very rare, irregular winter visitor, or transient in (October) November and (February) March

October - March

C21

Not observed by Fischer 1977; not recorded in the Amherst College Bird Survey 2008.

Habitat

boreal coniferous forests and muskeg

Nest Materials

decayed hollows, broken tree trunks

19th-20th Century Field Notes

HAWK OWL . Above , brown , marked with white ; beneath , white , barred with brown . Length , 15 in . One instance . Hadley , March , 1884 . Mr . Henry Moody . A pair .

—H.L. Clark, 1887

21st Century Conservation Notes

Least concern*