Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean: A Book Review by a Lover of Parliaments
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2015
Here are some things I’ve learned from the Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean by Scott Weidensaul: The Burrowing Owl is the only North American owl species where the male is larger than the female, albeit, only slightly larger. (And the term is ‘non-reversed size dimorphism.’). The Caribbean islands were once populated by enormous owls, some over 3-feet tall, some flightless.
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