Mexican Spotted Owls

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Mexican Spotted Owls

• By Dean Biava

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Adaptations

• Physical Traits
• Brown spotted feathers
• Dark brown eyes

• Behavior adaptations
• A nocturnal predator
• It is a perch and pounce predator it pounces
  on its prey from the air

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Habitat

• They live in west Texas and Mexico.
• They live in forested mountains and canyons.
• They prefer old growth forests.

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Diet

• The owls will eat wood rats, mice, voles,
  rabbits, gophers, bats, birds, reptiles, and
  arthropods (spiders).
• It is a carnivore.

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Food Chain

• It is a secondary or tertiary consumer.
• It is hunted by the great horned owl.

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Learned Behaviors

• How to fly.
• How to hunt.
• How to build a nest.
• How to groom itself.

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Inherited Traits

• Color of feathers
• Color of eyes
• Type of beak
• Type of feet.

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Fun Facts

• It is 16-19 inches tall.
• It has a wingspan of 42-45 inches.
• It usually lives 16-17 years in the wild.
• It is one of the few owls with dark colored eyes.
• The young leave the nest at 32-36 days old.