April 24 (UPI) -- A Florida sheriff's deputy came to the rescue of a baby owl found alone in the middle of a parking lot. The ...

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.

Deputies say that at around 8:30 a.m., Detective Smith found an Eastern Screech Owlet in the middle of a Clearwater parking lot.