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Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:00 pm
by Killerbunny
Thought we were going crazy last couple of days because something seemed to be in the kestrel nest box. It wasn't a kestrel but an Eastern Screech Owl! The hole is 4" X 3" for reference. Very exciting. Seems unafraid.
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:57 am
by Kbr42
Only exciting if you don't have Silkies and Showgirls...lol
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:39 am
by Killerbunny
Insects and rodents mostly. They are very small birds about 8". Your girls are all in by dusk!
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:37 am
by KimChick
How exciting!
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:10 pm
by Ontario Chick
That is so cool, hope they have babies there, did it "hoot" or possibly "screech "?
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:16 pm
by Killerbunny
Definitely a weird noise. We hear them all summer at night and wondered what it was. Now we know.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eas ... Owl/sounds
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:02 pm
by Ontario Chick
Well, doesn't that beat all, never heard that one, ever.
sounds a bit like horse neighing , I would remember that.
The one I hear very often is I think a Barn owl, which sounds a bit like a dog bark.
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:38 pm
by Killerbunny
It is called the "whinny" call also.
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:50 pm
by Brebis
Those calls had my cats looking around!
Re: Little Surprise Visitor
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:06 pm
by labradors
How exciting to have one in your kesterel box! My dogs thought the calls were very interesting :).
People sometimes get Screech Owls in their open mailboxes here in the south. Can you imagine reaching in for a flyer and getting a peck on the hand?
Linda
