Western screech owl

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"

Western Screech Owl

Inconspicuous but locally very common is this little owl. In the varied terrain of the west, its haunts range from coastal forests in southeastern Alaska to cactus groves in the Arizona desert, and...

Similar looking birds to Boreal Owl: Northern Saw-whet Owl Adult, Northern Hawk Owl Adult, Western Screech-Owl Adult

size: 12x8in Photographic Print: Western Screech Owl with a Shocked Look, British Columbia, Canada by Tim Fitzharris :

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.

There are 14 different species of owls that make their home in California.These species are the Barn Owl, the Flammulated Owl, the Western Screech-Owl,

The Eastern Screech Owl is one of the smallest of the all owl species in North America. This is the very species of owl from which the entire ‘Screech Owls’ got their name. The range of the Eastern owls overlap slightly with their Western counterparts, and their mysterious, eerie trill would catch anyone’s attention especially […]