BirdWatch: Short & Long-eared Owls 

In this video from the PBS series BirdWatch, directed by Charlie Rattigan, Dick Hutto, Professor of Ornithology, University of Montana, and Denver Holt, the Owl Research Institute, find short and long-eared owls in Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge in the Mission Valley of western Montana. The dazzling courtship flight of the short-eared owl is captured as sunset approaches. Dick and Denver capture a long-eared owl in a mist net and discuss the bird’s natural history and nesting behavior.