They lay three to five white eggs in late April ... In northwest Tucson, only one owl was found in 2006. Although there are more birds in Sonora, pygmy owls in northern Sonora have declined by 26 ...

Little gangs of chickadees and other songbirds often gather to 'mob' a pygmy-owl discovered in daylight, and they will react the same way to a birder who imitates the owl's whistled call.

Following a 1992 petition from the Center, the pygmy owl was protected in Arizona from 1997 to 2006. Developers sued the Fish and Wildlife Service and the owls lost this protection. In Arizona and ...