Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost hole 30 feet up in a giant sycamore. I found myself in the area on Dec. 22 and stopped by on a sunny but ...

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.

My favorite bird of the day, however, was one that I’m sure I’ve walked by dozens of times without noticing: the Eastern Screech Owl. Eastern Screech Owls are relatively common, but highly elusive.

A homeowner called Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, a bird rehabilitation center based in Allen, after hearing an eastern screech owl that appeared distressed and finding it stuck in a basketball ...

An Elkins resident believed the persistent noise coming from his chimney was the sound of a squirrel, but upon investigation, ...

Upon talking to the Back Road rescuers, Santiago explained that the bird was an adult male Eastern screech owl, and although he seemed tame, he was not. He seemed docile because he likely had a ...

Barred owls, great horned owls, and species such as the eastern screech owl can be found in Ohio’s woodlands. Owls are very vocal in winter as they find mates and establish territories.

The goggle-eyed Cuban screech owl gets its other common name, bare-legged owl, from its featherless lower appendages. While most of the world’s more than 200 owl species wear feathers down to ...

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 ...

A homeowner called Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, a bird rehabilitation center based in Allen, after hearing an eastern screech owl that appeared distressed and finding it stuck in a basketball ...