Northern Pygmy-Owl with Prey (Glaucidium gnoma)

Northern Pygmy-Owl with a catch of a small sparrow. Owl was captured in Kernville, Ca. I've added some still photos I took of the bird since the video doesn't show much. Also, that is not the sound they make. I just added an owl sound for the photos. You can find thier sound here: http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/northern_pygmy-owl
Owl is being pestered by all varieties of other birds to try and scare it away, mostly the scrub Jays.

"Wiki" :: The Northern Pigmy Owl is native to Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.[1] Their habitat includes temperate, subtropical and tropical moist forest, savanna, and wetlands.
Adults are 15--17 cm in overall length (nearly 6 inches) and are gray, brownish-gray or rufous in colour. This owl has a round white spotted head, weakly defined facial disc, and dark upper breast, wings and tail, the latter quite long compared to other owls. The eyes are yellow and the bill is yellowish-green. The bird has two black nape spots outlined in white on the back of its head, which look like eyes. The mid to lower breast is white with darker vertical streaking. Legs are feathered down to the four well-armed toes on each foot.

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