Eastern Screech Owls come in two phases: gray and red. Each has highly patterned feathers which give them fantastic camouflage. Last Sunday was the Chautauqua county Christmas Bird Count. At 8 in the ...

The eastern screech-owl is a hole-nester that requires pre-existing holes of an adequate size. It cannot live where trees do not have a sufficient diameter to provide such holes. As the climate warms, ...

On the chilly morning of Dec. 5, Alex Patton headed into a coffee shop in Utica. On his way out, he glanced across the nearby stream and noticed the bird in the accompanying photo. Sharp-eyed Patton ...

An eastern screech owl startled shoppers at The Market Place in East Durham before calmly dozing off. A DEC officer released the tiny raptor into the wild.

Winter is peak owl romance: Eastern screech owls court and pair-bond in February, making winter the best time to hear and spot them. Soft trills, not loud hoots: Unlike larger owls, screech owls ...

Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...

I love stepping outside during the early morning hours and hearing the mysterious trills of nearby Eastern screech owls. Some people think the screech owl’s song is spooky, but the real horror is the ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Northsong Wild Bird Rehabilitation (NWBR) announced on its Facebook page that it will be releasing an Eastern Screech Owl this Wednesday. The Eastern Screech Owl, designated as ...

CLARKE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — After an eastern screech owl was hit by a vehicle and stuck in its grille for over 12 hours, staff at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center admitted the bird, found an injury to ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — The smallest owl in Florida is becoming more rare. Experts in Pinellas County said the Eastern Screech Owl’s population has been declining in the southeastern U.S. over the ...