It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

The western screech owl’s bill is blackish or dark gray at the base, but gray-plumaged individuals are otherwise nearly identical in appearance and habits to the Eastern gray morph birds.

Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost ... perhaps reminiscent of the ...