In an old abandoned house we hear spooky, eerie, ghostlike wailing - haunting voices that move through walls and suddenly emerge from a different room. But wait! Halloween has come and gone, or are ...

It was identified as an Eastern Screech-owl. The center explains that since owls fly silently to hunt down prey, they can ...

The screech owl is Florida’s smallest owl, according to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Utility worker Josh Hamel called animal services after making the ...

CENTRAL TEXAS (KXAN) — What a hoot! Central Texas photographer Dwayne Mann has been capturing on his blog the sights and sounds of eastern screech-owls living in his backyard, where they nest in ...

We are amused each winter by this 12 inch high screech owl. It is amazing to watch his or her habits. They wait for the right time of late afternoon to make their flight out for the night. We take ...

When we do our routine activities at night we sometimes meet the wild creatures of the dark hours. Most are mammals. Few of them are birds, but owls are the exception. Six species occur regularly in ...

The Eastern Screech Owl, designated as Patient 2025-618, made significant improvements in its recovery and was released at ...

The eastern screech-owl is a hole-nester that requires pre-existing holes of an adequate size. It cannot live where trees do not have a sufficient diameter to provide such holes. As the climate warms, ...

Eastern screech owls are famous for searching for a comfortable spot in mid-winter and choosing a chimney for its safety from winter storms. You often hear the muffled scratching as he works his way ...

People have asked me about owls appearing in the houses of wood ducks. Eastern screech-owls are the ones that will roost and nest in wood duck and other larger wooden nest boxes, such as a flicker ...

Q: I would really like to see a screech owl, but I never have. What’s the best way to locate one of these owls? A: These small owls are described as “common” but are notoriously challenging to spot ...