Chris’ Screech Owls

Among the many things I attempt to grow in my garden each year are eastern screech owls, Megascops asio hasbroucki.

 

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1998

In the Lives of North American Birds, Kenn Kaufman, 1996, states that the eastern screech owl is "[s]till widespread and fairly common but [is] thought to have been gradually declining in various parts [of its] range." It goes on to note that nest boxes have helped in some areas.

It is worth remembering that, for example, passenger pigeons were also once "fairly common."

So, I continue attempting to provide suitable nest boxes for my local screech owls, hoping that I'll yet be able to facilitate the kind of consistent breeding success that will ensure their ongoing presence in my area.

—[ This Year’s Owl Page ]—

"A rare bird or flower need remain no rarer than the people willing to venture their skill in building it a habitat."
Aldo Leopold, The Conservation Ethic, 1933.