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

Boxes for Eastern screech owls need to be much smaller than the barred owl, for example. Perhaps unsurprisingly, where these boxes are placed — whether in the center of a wood lot or along the e ...

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.