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DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — North America. 



Breeding range. — The breeding range of the saw-whet owl extends 

 north to southeastern Alaska (Forrester Island); central Alberta 

 (Carvel, Red Deer, and Stony Plain); Saskatchewan (probably Osier 

 and the Qu'Appelle Valley); Manitoba (Aweme and probably Kale- 

 vala) ; Ontario (probably Moose Factory) ; and Quebec (Lake Mistas- 

 sini, probably Godbout, and Anticosti Island). East to Quebec 

 (Anticosti Island, forks of the Cascapedia River, and the Magdalen 

 Islands); Nova Scotia (Sydney, Pictou, Wolfville, and Halifax); 

 Maine (Calais and Bucksport); New Hampshire (Tamworth and 

 Franklin Falls); Massachusetts (Bridgewater, Taunton, and Ware- 

 ham); Connecticut (Chester); New York (Millers); and western Mary- 

 land (Cumberland). South to Maryland (Cumberland); probably 

 rarely northern Pennsylvania (Titusville) ; Ohio (probably Cleveland 

 and probably Columbus) ; northern Indiana (Waterloo and Kentland) ; 

 Illinois (probably Chicago); central Missouri (Bluffton); Nebraska 

 (Nebraska City) ; Oklahoma (near Tulsa) ; probably Colorado (Dome 

 Rock and Breckenridge) ; north-central Arizona (San Francisco Moun- 

 tains); and southern California (San Gabriel Mountains). West to 

 California (San Gabriel Mountains, Fyfee, and the South Fork Moun- 

 tains); Oregon (Newport and Beaverton); Washington (Yakima and 

 probably Owyhigh Lake); British Columbia (Chilliwack and Masset); 

 and Alaska (Forrester Island). 



Winter range. — The winter range of this little owl extends 

 north to British Columbia (Okanagan); central Alberta (Glenevis, 

 Mundare, and Flagstaff); Saskatchewan (Eastend and Osier); Mani- 

 toba (Minnedosa); southern Ontario (Listowel, Guelph, Algonquin 

 Park, and Ottawa); and Quebec (Montreal and probably Anticosti 

 Island). East to Quebec (probably Anticosti Island); New Brunswick 

 (Scotch Lake and Oak Bay); Maine (Calais and Portland); Massa- 

 chusetts (Ipswich, Boston, and Taunton); Rhode Island (Kingston); 

 Long Island (Orient); and New Jersey (Princeton, Camden, and prob- 

 ably Cape May). South to New Jersey (probably Cape May); 

 Maryland (Baltimore, Laurel, and College Park); the District of 

 Columbia (Washington); Ohio (Medina and Sandusky); southern 

 Illinois (rarely Mount Carmel and probably Anna); Missouri (St. 

 Louis); Kansas (Manhattan); Colorado (Denver and Salida); rarely 

 New Mexico (Santa Fe and Silver City) ; southern Arizona (Huachuca 

 Mountains, and Pima County); and southern California (Big Creek). 

 West to California (Big Creek, Quincy, Point Reyes, probably Sonoma, 

 and Oakland); Oregon (Gardiner and The Dalles); Washington 

 (Kiona, Seattle, and Bellingham); and British Columbia (Okanagan). 



