Roland JordahlScreech Owl
Roland JordahlScreech Owl
Roland Jordahl Screech Owl
Scientific Names: Eastern – Megascops asio and Western – M. kennicottii.
Family: True owl.
Length: 8-1/2 inches.
Wingspan: 20 inches.
Distinctive Markings: The eastern screech-owl is Gray, red or brown with heavy streaks below and darker bars on back; small ear-like tufts on head, yellow bill The western is similar but is almost always gray, and it has a dark gray bill.Nest: The female lays four to five white eggs in debris at the bottom of the nesting cavity.
Voice: The eastern makes a tremulous whinny or a long trill; the western makes an accelerating series of short whistles, or a double trill.
Habitat: Many kinds of woodlands, parks, backyards, deserts.
Diet: Insects, small mammals, birds, fish, spiders and reptiles.
Backyard Favorite: Nest box.
Listen to the Screech Owl’s song and learn where to spot them.
Bird songs provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Eastern:
Western:
Range maps provided by Kaufman Field Guides, the official field guide of Birds & Blooms.
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- Roland Jordahl
Screech Owl
- Roland Jordahl
Screech Owl
Information
Roland Jordahl Screech Owl
Scientific Names: Eastern – Megascops asio and Western – M. kennicottii.
Family: True owl.
Length: 8-1/2 inches.
Wingspan: 20 inches.
Distinctive Markings: The eastern screech-owl is Gray, red or brown with heavy streaks below and darker bars on back; small ear-like tufts on head, yellow bill The western is similar but is almost always gray, and it has a dark gray bill.Nest: The female lays four to five white eggs in debris at the bottom of the nesting cavity.
Voice: The eastern makes a tremulous whinny or a long trill; the western makes an accelerating series of short whistles, or a double trill.
Habitat: Many kinds of woodlands, parks, backyards, deserts.
Diet: Insects, small mammals, birds, fish, spiders and reptiles.
Backyard Favorite: Nest box.
Bird Song & Range Map
Listen to the Screech Owl’s song and learn where to spot them.
Bird songs provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Eastern:
Western:
Range maps provided by Kaufman Field Guides, the official field guide of Birds & Blooms.
Marlene Renz says
We had a loud screech owl that spent many nights sitting in a tree near our bedeoom window. After we hung a weathervane on the roof of a shed, far back in our yard, he moved to a tree near it, and never kept us awake again.