The birds that Levihn-Coon photographed were a mated pair near their nest, he said. One of the owls had a rare reddish-brown, ...

Ah, that’s a screech owl, the “petit duc” of French-speaking Canada. ... The nest can be made in almost any kind of natural cavity, and in suitably sized and placed bird houses.

Why would anyone bird-watch ... One of the best ways to locate a screech owl is to ... But you still might see Northern cardinals, black-capped chickadees, American goldfinches, house ...

I presented a case in point for screech owls when we moved into our new home eight years ago: “Our good friend and fellow birder, Phil, gave us an appropriate house-warming gift: a screech owl box.

Few birds are as adaptive as screech owls, and they can be surprisingly common in urban landscapes. A 1981 survey of a 15-mile-diameter circle in Toledo found 112 owls, and I’m sure it missed some.

DALLAS — You could say a North Texas bird rescue group gave a hoot when they recently rescued a screech owl that’d gotten stuck in a basketball post.