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Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)
"Peeping Tom! How dare you disturb me while I'm incubating my eggs!"
The nest box was originally meant for Kestrels, but as the newly planted pine forest grew up around it, Kestrels stoped using it and little screech owls took over. This little mom and her red phase mate have been using this box for several consecutive years.
Once per nesting season our Audubon nest box monitoring people check up on the boxes to see if they need maintenance, or have a young family using it. We do not band, measure or otherwise harass the birds.
Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)
"Peeping Tom! How dare you disturb me while I'm incubating my eggs!"
The nest box was originally meant for Kestrels, but as the newly planted pine forest grew up around it, Kestrels stoped using it and little screech owls took over. This little mom and her red phase mate have been using this box for several consecutive years.
Once per nesting season our Audubon nest box monitoring people check up on the boxes to see if they need maintenance, or have a young family using it. We do not band, measure or otherwise harass the birds.