August 5, 2025. What's the Scoop on Saw-Whets? Lindsay Herlihy (NH Audubon/Black Mountain Banding Station) Northern Saw-whet Owls are the smallest nocturnal raptor in New England. These fierce, tiny predators have a secretive nature that makes them challenging to study. Saw-whets are also one of the few owl species in North America which undertake an […]