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		Eastern screech owls are often confused with Western screech owls.
		Screech owls do not call when in flight unless they are alarmed.
		Screech owls are a unique part of Oklahoma’s fauna and if you’re fortunate enough to see one of these small, interesting owls, count yourself lucky.
	www.wildlifedepartment.com /screech.htm (489 words)

	Western Screech Owl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Western Screech Owl, Otus kennicottii, is a small owl.
		They were previously considered to be the same species as the Eastern Screech Owl.
		Their breeding habitat is open deciduous or mixed woods in western North America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Screech-Owl (178 words)

	The Aviary: Western Screech Owl
		The Western Screech Owl is a small gray owl (8 - 10 inches) marked with fl streaks and thin bands.
		Keen eyesight and noiseless flight enable the Screech Owl to prey on field rodents, small birds, frogs, fish and insects.
		The Eastern Screech Owl (Otus asio) overlaps with the Western in a small part of western Texas; the gray phase of the Eastern is practically identical to the Western but has a different call: a tremulous mournful descending wail.
	aviary.owls.com /screech_owl/screech_owl.html (214 words)

	Screech Owl
		Western Screech Owls range all along the western coast of the continent from Canada south to the Baja peninsula and into Mexico, and they are found as far east as the western border of Texas.
		Screech Owls do not build nests but form a depression in whatever remnant materials (fur and feather debris from eaten prey) are in the cavity.
		Screech Owls are not easily frightened off the nest, and parents may attack intruders and perform distraction displays.
	www.bright.net /~miley1/screech-owl.htm (1297 words)

	Learn About Owls at wild Birds Forever!
		The eastern screech owl may be either red or gray, the western screech owl is usually gray with a darker bill.
		Screech owls prefer forests, farm woodlots, and shade trees in urban and suburban backyards and parks.
		Owl pellets are the regurgitated indigestible portions of their food such as bones, hair and feathers.
	www.birdsforever.com /owl.html (817 words)

	Western Screech Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The western screech owl is represented by many different subspecies and/or races, each of which vary in size and find a home in diverse habitats.
		Some others are the Saguaro screech owl, which makes its nest in vacant cavities of saguaro cacti (complements of the local woodpeckers) and Brewster's screech owl, which is found in Western Oregon and is apparently an intermediate form of the two subspeces found in Oregon, O.a.
		The owl next attacked the lady of the house as she was bringing in the milk, and as a final exploit struck me full in the face as I was standing near the tree, using force enough to draw blood.
	home.sou.edu /~rible/wildlife/scrchowl.htm (848 words)

	Western Screech Owls - Otus kennicottii
		These Owls can be distinguished by bill colour (Eastern Screech Owls have grey-green bills while Western Screech Owls have gray to fl bills) and their different calls.
		Western Screech Owls are dependent on deciduous woodlands or open mixed forests that have suitable nesting sites and sufficient prey densities.
		Western Screech Owls also occurs northern Sinaloa and across the Mexican highlands through Chihuahua and Coahuila as far as the Distrito Federal.
	www.owlpages.com /species/otus/kennicottii/Default.htm (1643 words)

	Western Screech-Owl
		These owls are distributed in western North America from southeast Alaska to western Texas and Mexico.
		The word owl came from the Anglo-Saxon word ule, that was derived from the Latin word ululo, which means to cry out.
		Owls often have an eerie call that is mostly uttered at night.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/owls/wscreech.html (295 words)

	OWL HOUSES & OWLS - Providing a house for Screech Owls, Saw-whet Owls, Barred Owls, Barn Owls and other species of ...
		Owl ears are located on the sides of the "facial disks," those round feather arrangements, and give owls the most highly developed sense of hearing of all birds.
		Screech owls breed from March, in the South, into July further north, and inhabit a small area close to the site of their nest.
		Screech owls are typical "night owls," hunting at night and sleeping during the day.
	www.coveside.com /merchant/owls.html (1063 words)

	Owls
		Burrowing Owl: About the size of a screech-owl, it is brown, spotted with tan, and lacks ear tufts; the long legs are almost featherless.
		Food habit studies of owls are easily done by examining the contents of the pellets found in or near their roosts.
		Barn Owl nesting activity peaks in the spring, with 5 to 6 white eggs laid in a depression in a tree cavity, cave, mine shaft, or building.
	www.desertmuseum.org /books/nhsd_owls.html (1117 words)

	Learn about Screech owls. (Page 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Screech owls are nocturnal (active at night) and they hunt a wide variety of prey, including rodents, birds, insects, reptiles, crayfish and invertebrates.
		The female owl incubates the eggs as they are laid causing the young owls to hatch several days apart, thus varying in size and age.
		Screech owls are easily blinded by headlights as they hunt for rodents along the side of the road.
	www.open.org /~raptor/Screechowl.html (254 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Eastern screech owl, or Otus asio, is set apart from many other species of owl in three substantial ways: the numerous habitats in which it can live, the vast array of food sources it utilizes, and the two distinctive morphs in which individuals can show.
		The habitats in which the Eastern screech owl commonly reside are extremely varied and are a testament to the high ability of adaptiveness that it possesses.
		The Eastern screech owl's range is east of the Rocky Mountains, and extends from parts of Canada to the far reaches of Mexico.
	www.sewanee.edu /biology/courses/bio201/98projects/screech.html (489 words)

	Raptor Rehabilitation of Ky. - Screech Owl
		Cats are also major predators of the owl, particularly young birds and birds that have made a kill too large to be carried to a safe perch.
		Perhaps the screech owl's utilization of suburban areas has balanced out the habitat loss in woodlands and creek bottoms.
		Owls have 14 vertebrae in their neck and we have 7.
	www.raptorrehab.org /raptors/screech.htm (703 words)

	The Birdhouse Network - Eastern Screech Owl
		Western Screech-Owls have a dark bill and make a series of hollow whistles on one pitch, running into a tremolo, with the rhythm of a small ball bouncing to a standstill.
		Western Screech-Owls range all along the western coast of the continent from Canada south to the Baja peninsula and into Mexico, and they are found as far east as the western border of Texas.
		Screech owls are poorly studied, so information on their pair formation, territoriality, and nesting behavior is limited.
	birds.cornell.edu /birdhouse/bird_bios/speciesaccounts/easowl.html (1303 words)

	Western Screech Owl
		Western Screech Owls are well equipped to hunt at night.
		The Western Screech Owl is fairly common in the Sonoran Desert.
		Female Western Screech Owls lay from 4 - 5 eggs in a clutch.
	www.toddshikingguide.com /FloraFauna/Fauna24.htm (137 words)

	BISON Species Account 041355 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		NEW MEXICO 1978: Western screech owls are residents in the south and northward locally to the San Juan Valley, the upper Rio Grande Valley vicinity and the Dry Cimarron Valley and probably occur almost statewide.
		ARIZONA 1985: Western screech owl have been seen during the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter; though their abundance is common at the Coronado National Memorial NP (NPS, 1985) 59.
		Western screech owls inhabit woodlands and pine forests at lower (2800 - 5500 ft) and middle (5000 - 7500 ft) elevations 03.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /states/nmex_main/species/041355.htm (2092 words)

	Eastern Screech Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Western Screech-Owl was once considered conspecific with the Eastern Screech-Owl, and its range overlaps in the Big Bend area of Texas.
		The Western has a darker bill, and the cross-barring on its underparts is closer together than that of Eastern Screech-Owls.
		Western Screech-Owl vocalizations were recorded by David S. Herr and can be found on the LNS production, Bird Songs of the Rocky Mountain States and Provinces.
	birds.cornell.edu /BOW/EASCOW (631 words)

	Western Screech Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		- This small owl is generally an overall grey although some birds in the humid, coastal, northwest are brownish.
		The voice is a series of hollow whistles on one pitch, separated at first then running into a "bouncing ball" series of low whistles.
		The nest is a natural cavity, a woodpecker's hole or a man-made nest box.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/birds/screech.htm (157 words)

	Animal Fact Sheets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Western Screech owls are part of the family Strigidae or “typical” owls.
		Western screech owls are small owls measuring from 6.5 to 8 inches (16-20 cm) in length with a wingspan of 20 to 22 inches (52-56 cm).
		A western screech owl is housed at the Raptor Center at the zoo.
	www.zoo.org /educate/fact_sheets/raptors/scrch_owl.htm (1071 words)

	wsc_owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This owl nests in open deciduous and coniferous woods and riparian habitats including rivers, creeks, marshes, bogs, lakes, and large ponds.
		The taxonomy of screech owls in North and Middle America remains confused.
		The Western Screech-Owl was formerly considered part of the Screech Owl ( Otus asio) complex (American Ornithologists' Union 1957), but was separated from the eastern species on the basis of differences in vocalizations and behaviour as an "incipient species" (Marshall, J.T. 1967; American Ornithologists' Union 1983).
	www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca /nh_papers/gracebell/english/wsc_owl.html (751 words)

	Western Screech Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Although she can get around, and even manage to maintain her weight on live mice in a captive situation when teaching foster young screech owls to hunt, it was felt she had too many strikes against her to survive in the wild.
		think this is a “baby great horned owl”; large, yellow eyes; streaked underparts (w/ horizontal fl barring in the juveniles changing to irregular vertical streaks in adult plumage); very well camouflaged for its day-time roosts against the trunks of trees; biggest of the little owls.
		Young owls are most frequently brought in by well-intentioned people who find them on the ground or in plain sight during the ‘brancher’ stage but see no sign of parents; nest trees are cut down with young or eggs; young get knocked out of trees by crows or caught by cats.
	www.eraptors.org /screechowl.htm (371 words)

	Tulsa, Oklahoma - Tulsawalk.com, Birds of Prey in Oklahoma, Screech Owl
		The Screech Owl is found in woodlands which are bordered by open fields.
		The Screech Owl feeds on small rodents, birds, insects and reptiles and/or whatever is most common to its surroundings or habitat.
		The Screech Owl is considered a common owl and not afforded any special status.
	www.tulsawalk.com /birding/screech.html (149 words)

	ADW: Otus asio: Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Eastern screech-owls are distinguished from their close relative western screech-owls, by their yellow bill, descending trill call, and by the rufous coloration of some individuals.
		These owls are solitary, except during the mating season and during winters when mates share a winter nest.
		These owls have symmetrical ears, which suggests that they hunt primarily using their vision.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Otus_asio.html (1094 words)

	Crackity Jones, the Western Screech-Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Western Screech-Owls are part of the Strigidae family in the order Strigiformes.
		All owls, even babies, click their top and bottom beak together as a warning, hence her name (and the name of a Pixies song).
		Western Screech-Owls are not common in the area, and to hear or see one in the wild is a true treat.
	www.raptorsoftherockies.org /bird.asp?id=Crackity+Jones (386 words)

	May 2001 Bird of the Month - Eastern Screech-Owl
		Eastern and western screech-owls were formerly considered a single species known simply as the screech-owl, but they are now separated into two distinct species.
		The eastern screech owl ranges across the entire eastern half of the United States and inhabits woodlands, parks and suburban yards throughout much of the state.
		As with other owl species, screech-owls are often "mobbed" on their daytime roosts by jays and flocks of small songbirds.
	www.passporttotexas.com /birds/may01.html (546 words)

	Western Screech-Owl Biology
		The Whiskered Screech is similar to the Eastern Screech in its chest streaks although they appear bolder (there is no range overlap between Eastern and Whiskered Screech-Owls).
		Western and Whiskered Screech-Owls have overlapping ranges in all areas the Whiskered Screech occur in North America (S. Arizona and S. New Mexico) although it is smaller (1 1/4 in.) and typically is found at a higher elevation than Western Screech.
		The majority of their diet seems to consist of invertebrates, small mammals, and birds (often sparrows) depending on the time of year, area, and what is readily available.
	owling.com /Screech_nh.htm (840 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - Eastern Screech-Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		They are small, gray or reddish colored owls, with heavy streaking, small ear tufts, and glaring yellow eyes.
		The Western Screech-Owl (Otus kennicottii) and the Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio) were once considered to be the same species.
		The Western Screech-Owl gives either a series of hollow, whistled notes which accelerate like the rhythm of a bouncing ball, or a short trill followed immediately by a longer trill.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/owltes-h.htm (214 words)

	Eastern Screech-Owl
		The Eastern Screech-owl is slightly smaller than the Western Screech-owl.
		HABITAT: This owl is found in wooded areas from 3000 feet to river valleys and city parks.
		NAME DERIVATION: The scientific name comes from the Latin words otus, meaning a kind of owl with long “ear” feathers, and asio, a word used by the Greek philosopher Pliny, to specify a horned owl.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/owls/escreech.html (294 words)

	AllRefer - Wildlife, Animals, & Birds: Eastern Screech-Owl \| Otus asio > Species:
		It was recently split from western screech-owl (O. kennicottii) which was formerly treated as a subspecies [ 3, 21 ].
		At the western edges of its range, it appears to be confined by the eastern front ranges of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado [ 1, 13, 22 ].
		At the northern and western edges of its range, the eastern screech-owl occupies riparian woods dominated by hardwoods including boxelder (Acer negundo), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), and bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) [ 23 ].
	reference.allrefer.com /wildlife-plants-animals/animals/bird/otas/all.html (4357 words)

	Owl Hoot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Burrowing Owl is mainly diurnal although it may forage at all times of the day and night depending on prey availability.
		The owl varies in overall and facial disk color from whitish to orange-buff to brownish-gray to dark brown.
		The noticeable distinctions between the similar but slightly larger Boreal Owl (that often inhabits the same range) are: the Saw-whet's fl bill and Boreal's yellow bill; the streaks on the Saw-whet's crown versus spots on the Boreal's; the Saw-whet also lacks the fl outer facial rim of the Boreal Owl.
	www.cortezculturalcenter.org /birdhoot.html (2596 words)

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