Category: Whiskered Screech Owl

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Owls, Tiny and Merely Small

Last night, Dave Jasper and I joined Gerry, Peter, and their friends from the West Midland and West Sussex bird clubs in Britain, in search of two of the special owls of Cave Creek Canyon––the Whiskered Screech Owl (a denizen of Mexico’s oak-pine forests, which … Continue readingOwls, Tiny and Merely Small

Categories: Alan Craig, Atascosa Highlands, Cave Creek Canyon, Chiricahua Mountains, Christmas Bird Count, Helen Snyder, Jackie Lewis, Peloncillo Mountains, Portal, Rich Hoyer, Whiskered Screech Owl Posted on

Whiskered Screech-Owl

A year ago on the Atascosa Highlands Christmas Bird Count south of Tucson, Alan and I encountered a little Whiskered Screech-Owl at its day roost. The owlet perched at the entrance to its roost cavity, comfortably soaking up the sunshine on that wintry day. A … Continue readingWhiskered Screech-Owl