Eastern Screech Owl

Discovered an Eastern Screech Owl perched inside one of our Wood duck boxes today.

These owls are polychromatic: they show gray or red color morphs.

This little bird sat, napping in the opening of the Wood duck box during the afternoon. But when the sun went down at 6:08 pm, it began alertly looking every which way.

And at 6:18 it flew out and onto a branch of a small tree nearby. Five minutes later it flew up near the top of a large red oak tree. Then I could no longer see it.

#Crepuscular  #Screech Owl

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