Owls

Whiskered Screech-Owl

Megascops trichopsis
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Length: 7 in. (18 cm )
Active only at night, this small owl is a resident in pine-oak woodlands. It roosts during the daytime close to the trunk of a tree and looks like a broken stump. The nest is a cavity that is used year after year by the same pair. Food consists primarily of large insects and an occasional mouse.

The four-digit banding code is WHSO.

Female | Herbert Clarke

Male | Jim Burns(link is external)



Oak-pine woodland
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Bird Sound Type: Hooting
Sex of Bird: Male
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