Eastern screech owls are strictly nocturnal, which makes the sight of them during the day all that more special.

Sometimes a child will hear these many odd sounds at night and are frightened by what their imagination tells them. Once they know that it is just a tiny owl, what was once scary becomes very ...

They can suddenly let out a startling screech that seems loud if the night is still and people are listening intently and speaking in soft whispers to investigate these sounds.

A single Eastern Screech Owl can eat as many as 1,000 mice in a single year. Along with mammals, they will hunt insects and small birds, such as starlings, chickadees, and sparrows. The owls will take ...

A fairly common owl, active at dusk and during the night, the eastern screech has excellent hearing and eyesight. They feed on small mammals and birds. They also eat large insects in summer.

The Eastern screech owl is a pint-sized owl that can be found up in the trees. Credit: istock By Arlene Gross Special to Newsday October 27, 2021 Hoot, hoot, hoot.

Being at the right place at the right time led to a nearly four-month-long journey for one York-Poquoson deputy and an Eastern Screech Owl.

An eastern screech owl was spotted in Utica in early December. So, unless you are lucky enough to stumble into an owl that likes to bask in the sun at its roost hole, your odds of seeing a screech owl ...

So, unless you are lucky enough to stumble into an owl that likes to bask in the sun at its roost hole, your odds of seeing a screech owl aren’t great, even though this is by far the most common ...