E. Richardson 1937 43 Pigmy Owl ( Glaucidium grisea ) June 18, 1937 - 3 mi. W Panther Lake, Deschutes Co., Oregon - A single bird was collected this morning in a dense growth of young lodge-pole Pine. The weather was intermittently cloudy and raining - the time about 9 A.M. The Pigmy Owl note was being used by me to attract small birds - as both Dr. Miller and I have been doing continually in this whole region. The note was answered by the owl which continued to give it from another point ( c 100' away ) even after I missed the first shot at it. Such "shyness" or "lack of fear" seems to testify to the owl's rarity in this region - or we should have collected specimens sooner. Chickadees (2) were near and cocking the owl at its first perch - though these birds had not come readily to my owl- notes this time. Dissection shows this owl fed recently on a complete White-footed Mouse. This may be an exception to the Pigmy Owl's bird diet but does not explain the reaction of small birds to the owl's presence or notes or their "fearlessness" in close approach of the owl.