Spotted Owl

'''Scientific Name:''' Strix occidentalis

'''Scientific Name:''' Strix occidentalis

'''Habitat:''' North America; found from Canada to Mexico mostly in dense, dark, old-growth or mixed mature and old-growth coniferous forests. Forests are usually dominated by firs or Douglas-fir, but they also use mature hardwood forests of cottonwoods, alders, oak, and sycamore, especially along steep-walled river valleys. They prefer an uneven and multilayered canopy. They prefer shaded mountain slopes and canyons over flat plateau areas.  S.o. lucida also occurs in heavily logged secondary pine-oak forest, warmer and drier conditions and even bare rocky canyons.   

'''Habitat:''' North America; found from Canada to Mexico mostly in dense, dark, old-growth or mixed mature and old-growth coniferous forests. Forests are usually dominated by firs or Douglas-fir, but they also use mature hardwood forests of cottonwoods, alders, oak, and sycamore, especially along steep-walled river valleys. They prefer an uneven and multilayered canopy. They prefer shaded mountain slopes and canyons over flat plateau areas.  S.o. lucida also occurs in heavily logged secondary pine-oak forest, warmer and drier conditions and even bare rocky canyons.