The western screech owl makes a call that doesn’t align with the bird’s name, sounding more like what local birder Nic Korte calls a “bouncing ball trill.” But while the little owl, which Korte says ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is there a Screech-Owl in your neighborhood? Generally, we have Eastern Screech-Owls, but have reports of Western Screech-Owls in Western Montana. Eastern Screech-Owls are small, from 6 to 10 inches ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- This morning, I was on the hunt to find this pint-sized screech owl, which sleeps during the day in a hallowed tree, peeking only his ears and eyes out as he rests. At night, he ...

In an old abandoned house we hear spooky, eerie, ghostlike wailing - haunting voices that move through walls and suddenly emerge from a different room. But wait! Halloween has come and gone, or are ...

People have asked me about owls appearing in the houses of wood ducks. Eastern screech-owls are the ones that will roost and nest in wood duck and other larger wooden nest boxes, such as a flicker ...

The sound was unmistakable and led me outdoors to face the thick woods across the road. In the advancing twilight the sound pierced the darkness again, and then again. The ghostly mournful wail, best ...

Eastern screech owls are famous for searching for a comfortable spot in mid-winter and choosing a chimney for its safety from winter storms. You often hear the muffled scratching as he works his way ...

CENTRAL TEXAS (KXAN) — What a hoot! Central Texas photographer Dwayne Mann has been capturing on his blog the sights and sounds of eastern screech-owls living in his backyard, where they nest in ...