A dud acrostic - Pretty Elf Owl

Preferring darkness, to forage and hunt, night they choose Relatively world’s smallest owl, yelping is their unique call Eyes highlighted, gray bill, brown birds that feign death to bluff They are listed enangered, they migrate, mob their predators too To rear, parents work hard, hunt-feed-defend to put up best show Young fledged at ten weeks, nearly eliminated by humans they cry fowl