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| Little Billie, Northern Saw-whet Owl |
Updated 3/24/2025 4:00:50 PM |
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Aegolius acadicus
Northern Saw-whet Owls are part of the Strigidae family in the order Strigiformes. Click here to learn more...
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New youngster, the one-year old Northern Saw-whet Owl was struck by a car in Kalispell in January and came to us from Beth Watne and Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center, just placed on our USFWS Education (Possession) Permit. His right wing suffered a break and not flighted. Big shoes to fill after the loss of Saw-whet Owen in November, star here for 11 years in 600 programs. His name Little Billie was a joke at first but seems to fit, agreed upon by our Board.
His first program here at the Raptor Ranch was for"Back Stage Pass" fan base for metal-band Queensryche and Antrax lead singers Geoff Tate and Joey Belladonna, their third year here. Little Billie was the hero! (and Mischa.)
Here is a psychic story - We just had a fun visit by two volunteers from Montana Wild Wings, Jennifer Campbell and Leslie Mathern. They told me it was a fine tribute to name the owl after the woman that recovered him from the roadside, Billie. What? I just made that up and news to me! Wow, where did that come from...?
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