Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
Description The screech owl is a small nocturnal owl with piercing yellow eyes and prominent ear tufts. Nestlings are covered with fluffy white down.
Eastern screech-owl Otus asio
Identification Tips:
Length: 8? inches Wingspan: 22? inches
Small, nocturnal, predatory bird
Large, rounded head with ear tufts
Yellow eyes
Dense streaking on underparts with finer barring ...
Eastern Screech-Owl
A Reference for North and Central American Owls ...
Eastern Screech-Owl
Otus asio
The Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio) occurs across most of the eastern United States southward through the eastern half of Texas into northeast Mexico.
Eastern Screech-Owl Behaviour
No observations regarding Eastern Screech-Owl behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Eastern Screech-Owls ...
Eastern Screech-Owl
(Megascops asio)
Status: Year-round Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) ...
Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio. Breeder. Common in all seasons and regions. Found in woodlands, especially near open areas, and orchards. MODERATE CONSERVATION CONCERN.
Similar to Eastern Screech-Owl: Courtship on perch: male bows, raises wings, snaps bill, blinks at female and approaches; male brings food to female, lays it before her, with much hopping and bowing. Established pair mutually preen, also duet.
Remarks The Eastern Screech-Owl is about the size of the Northern Saw-whet Owl, from which it can readily be distinguished by its conspicuous "ear tufts," wholly lacking in the Saw-whet. It has red and gray phases.
109 Hawthorn 110 Black oak SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 810 Longleaf pine-turkey oak hills 811 South Florida flatwoods 812 North Florida flatwoods 813 Cutthroat seeps 820 Everglades flatwoods PLANT COMMUNITIES : The eastern screech-owl ...
Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio
Whiskered Screech-Owl, Megascops trichopsis
Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus
Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula
Northern Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium gnoma ...
THE LITTLE SCREECH OWL.
[Eastern Screech-Owl.]
BUBO ASIO, Linn.
[Strix asio.] ...
Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio: School Street, Ipswich, MA, 29 Jan
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus: Town Farm Rd, Ipswich, MA, 29 Jan
BURROWING OWL Athene cunicularia: San Bernardino Airport, Redlands, CA, 03 Jan ...
 See also: Screech-Owl, Owl, Woodpecker, Hawk, Flammulated owl
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