Short-eared Owl Range Map
The Short-eared Owl breeds from northern Alaska and northern Yukon to northern Quebec and Labrador, south to central California, northern Nevada, Utah, Kansas, Missouri, northern Ohio, northern Virginia and New Jersey. Winters generally in the breeding range from southern Canada south to Mexico. The Short-eared Owl primarily inhabits marshland and open grasslands, but also tundra, open fields, forest clearings, sagelands, deserts, pastures, prairies, lower mountain slopes, canyons, arroyos, dunes, meadows and other open habitats. In winter, the Short-eared Owl prefers open areas with little or no snow.

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