It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

The western screech owl’s bill is blackish or dark gray at the base, but gray-plumaged individuals are otherwise nearly identical in appearance and habits to the Eastern gray morph birds.

Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost hole 30 feet up in a giant sycamore. I found myself in the area on Dec. 22 and stopped by on a sunny but ...

They are the snowy owl, great horned Owl, Eastern screech owl ... instead opting for open nests. But small and medium sized owls, such as the screech owl and the barn owl, are literally better ...

Upon talking to the Back Road rescuers, Santiago explained that the bird was an adult male Eastern screech owl, and although he seemed tame, he was not. He seemed docile because he likely had a ...