STRIGID^: Horned Owls, etc. 



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California Res. Rare. 

 Transition Zone forests of 

 mountains, except those of the 

 coast region. Occurs at lower 

 levels in winter, sometimes in 

 heavy brush at a distance from 

 timber. 



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Arizona Res. Rare Recorded from most of the higher moun- 

 tains. Ranges over the Rocky Mountains generally from British Columbia 

 to Guatemala. 



Southern Arizona Res. Lower Sonoran valleys of south central 

 and southeastern Arizona, where identified by its habitat (other Pygmy 

 Owls are forest dwellers). Said to be locally common. Range: Southern 

 Arizona, east to Texas and south to Panama. 



Res. Common locally 

 In open waste ground from sea- 

 level to 5000 feet elevation. Nu- 

 merous where extensive irriga- 

 tion projects have brought in- 

 crease in their food supply, and 

 about prairie-dog towns of 

 Arizona. 



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