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An adult pygmy-owl preparing to deliver prey to its nest in 2020. Photo by Scott Carpenter.

An adult pygmy-owl preparing to deliver prey to its nest in 2020. Photo by Scott Carpenter.

One-day-old nestling prior to being weighed, measured, and returned to its stump nest in 2008. Actual events at this nest inspired many parts of the book, including the "Measure of Success" chapter.

One-day-old nestling prior to being weighed, measured, and returned to its stump nest in 2008. Actual events at this nest inspired many parts of the book, including the "Measure of Success" chapter.

A brood of six nestlings in Forest Park.

A brood of six nestlings in Forest Park.

Two nestlings peer out of their nest in Forest Park in 2012. Photo by Scott Carpenter.

Two nestlings peer out of their nest in Forest Park in 2012. Photo by Scott Carpenter.

A nestling climbs out onto the bark of its nest stump in 2008.

A nestling climbs out onto the bark of its nest stump in 2008.

A pygmy-owl pair in Forest Park in 2012. Photo by Scott Carpenter. This photo was the basis for the cover design.

A pygmy-owl pair in Forest Park in 2012. Photo by Scott Carpenter. This photo was the basis for the cover design.

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Deshler. J.F. 2021. “Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) nesting ecology in northwestern Oregon.” Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132:352-365.

Deshler, J.F. 2021. “Higher reverse sexual-size dimorphism among nesting pairs of Northern Pygmy-Owls (Glaucidium gnoma) in northwestern Oregon than among specimens at the range-wide scale.” Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132:619-627.

Deshler, J.F., Forsman, E.D. and J.K. Swingle. 2019. “Diurnal activity pattern of a pair of Northern Pygmy-Owls.” Northwestern Naturalist 100:176-185.

Deshler, J.F. and M. Murphy. 2012. “The breeding biology of the Northern Pygmy-Owl: Do the smallest of the small have an advantage?” Condor (now Ornithological Applications) 114:314-322.

Deshler. J.F. 2010. “Nest-site habitat selection and breeding biology of the Northern Pygmy-Owl in northwestern Oregon.” Thesis. Portland State University. 127 pp.

Deshler. J.F. 2023. “Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma).” Version 2.0. In Birds of the World (P. Rodewald and B. Keeney, Editors. Reviewed by E.D. Forsman, H.R. Jageman, and J. Marks). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/nopowl/cur/introduction

Deshler, J.F. 2012. “Forest Park Wildlife Report.” A technical report for Portland Parks & Recreation, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 137 pp. https://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/article/427357