In February 2004, we collected 104 long-eared owl (Asio otus) pellets from beneath a large pine tree in northern Wichita, Kansas that served as a winter roost for approximately four individuals. A detailed analysis of this collection provided basic information on pellet morphology (length, width, total weight, and weight of skeletal remains), as well as gross (% mammal, % bird) and fine (mammalian species composition) determinations of the long-eared owl's winter diet in this urban location. Long-eared owl urban roosts are somewhat uncommon, and this information might be valuable to owl researchers and other ecologists interested in urban wildlife.
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1 October 2005
Winter diet of long-eared owls (Asio otus) at an urban roost in Wichita, Kansas
Alan D. Maccarone,
Pete Janzen
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Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
Vol. 108 • No. 3
October 2005
Vol. 108 • No. 3
October 2005
Asio otus
long-eared owl
pellet analysis
winter diet
winter roost