The elf owl is the smallest owl in the world and among the smallest raptors. It is 12 to 14 cm long and weighs as light as 35 ...

8. They Can Put on an Act Elf owls have a few clever methods for dealing with predators. When an intruder is near their nesting site, elf owls make a loud barking sound, clap their bills ...

Roy Rodriguez has seen hundreds of bird species in his lifetime, but the lead interpreter at the state-run World Birding Center, a collection of nine parks and preserves in Texas’s Rio Grande ...

Being so small, predators would be a great danger for a nest-sitting female and her young hatchlings. The Whitney elf owl solved this dilemma by learning to nest in abandoned woodpecker holes.

We can have elf owls, and they're amazing because they're ... but they are opportunistic predators and feed on a wide range of prey. Common prey for Arizona owls includes: Rodents.

A TikTok video of an adorable elf owl in Arizona has gone viral, amassing over 3.2 million likes and 21 million views. In the clip, Mark from the Animal Experts wildlife control company in Tucson ...