_Surnia ulula caparoch_
A medium-sized Owl with a whitish face and yellow
eyes and a _long, rounded_ tail; the head is
spotted, the back barred with whitish; the
underparts are barred with white and blackish. L.
15; T. 7-1/4.
_Range._ Northern North America, rarely visiting
the northern United States in winter.
Cambridge, very rare in late fall. N. Ohio, rare
W.V. SE. Minn., uncommon W.V., Oct.-Mch.
"The Hawk Owl is strictly diurnal, as much so as any of the Hawks, and
like some of them often selects a tall shrub or dead-topped tree in a
comparatively open place for a perch, where it sits in the bright
sunlight watching for its prey" (Fisher).