Buff M., Buff C. Elf Owl

New York: Viking Press, 1958. — 84 p.Near the tip of his hairy head is a deep hole once dug by a desert woodpecker, and long unused. Now an elf owl and his mate live there. The elf owls are the smallest owls in the world — as small as sparrows. Their nest in this deep, dark hole is lined with hardened sap that leaked into the hole, so Elf Owl does not need to line it with grass or leaves, as do other birds.