This is not a "real" screech owl. It is a specimen in a nature center, specifically at Shenandoah River State Park. I took this picture to go along with the video below, which has no picture except a window screen.
One night I heard a bird outside making an unfamiliar sound.I recorded it as a video so that I could upload it into the Merlin Bird app. Merlin told me it was an eastern screech owl.
Please excuse the chirping of crickets and the distant sound of traffic.
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It is funny to call a screech owl that does not screech
ReplyDelete...its screeching days are over.
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ReplyDeleteLove the cute Screech Owl, I have heard them around my yard and neighborhood. They have a cute sound.
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We hear them from time to time. It is quite common around here and we generally see them several times during the winter.
ReplyDeleteI've heard that sound before.
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