August 1, 2020 – West Bend, WI – Posed a question earlier this week about night-time screeching. Listen in… aside from the chirp of the crickets can you identify that sound in the distance?
Turns out it was an Eastern Screech-owl.
According to All About Birds from Cornell University:
- the owls are about the size of a pint glass
- Eastern Screech-owls are normally monogamous and mate for life
- the owls feast on songbirds, but they will also eat their siblings if food is scarce
Here are a couple photos from the 2017 family that landed in my tree on Sixth Avenue. These pics are like the circle word search… only with owls. Click HERE for a better photo of the Eastern screech-owl.
