Eurasian pygmy owl

A small owl living in original boreal forest, it nests in stands of conifers where black woodpeckers and spotted woodpeckers have left their nests. At dusk, it hunts small mammals and nestlings. During the day, hidden and motionless in its nest or in clumps of lichen hanging from the branches of fir trees, it dozes but keeps a watchful eye on you without you being aware of it.