Western screech owl

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

A short series of high toots accelerating through the night announces the presence of a Western Screech-Owl. These compact owls—not much taller than a standard pair of binoculars—hunt in woods and deserts of western North America, where their wide-ranging diet includes everything from worms and crayfish to rats and bats. Found in urban parks and residential areas as well as wilder places, Western Screech-Owls nest in tree cavities, and will readily take to backyard nest boxes.

Young Western Screech Owl perched high on an exposed tree branch - Tucson, Arizona, USA

The Faces of Sulphur Creek Nature Center For three or four years now, I have been photographing the birds of Sulphur Creek Nature Center in Hayward, CA. My friend and fellow photographer, Oliver Klink, has been running photography workshops there to photograph these birds in captivity. All of these birds are unable to be return … Continue reading "Faces of Sulphur Creek Nature Center"

One of two western screech owl juveniles I found this week in my local park. First time this year seeing the juveniles. Great fun!

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