The birds that Levihn-Coon photographed were a mated pair near their nest, he said. One of the owls had a rare reddish-brown, ...

But what is that drawn-out “shivery” wailing call? Ah, that’s a screech owl, the “petit duc” of French-speaking Canada. They are calling now.

Western Screech-Owl Call. The western owl makes an accelerating series of short whistles, or a very staccato hooting song, like a bouncing ball, with a short trill followed by a longer trill.

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Even a crude whistled imitation of a screech owl call can bring in a bird to investigate. Try it if you think one is around. The tufted night stalkers are inquisitive and will usually fly right in ...

For the Eastern screech owl, the boxes should be placed on a live tree or a pole anywhere between 10 to 30 feet above the ground. It's recommended the box be placed under a tree limb at the ...

A young screech owl may be on the mend while learning how to navigate being an owl, and the Leander community is ensuring his ...

For the Eastern screech owl, the boxes should be placed on a live tree or a pole anywhere between 10 to 30 feet above the ground. It's recommended the box be placed under a tree limb at the ...

Screech owls have two main calls, a higher call and a lower one. Sean calls a screech owl in and in no time at all, one returns the call. Then another from a different direction begins responding too.

Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost hole 30 feet up in a giant sycamore. ... If your mimicking finds its mark, the owl will call back, ...

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 ...