Scientific Name:
Otus asio

Physical
Characteristics:
The “Eastern Screech Owl” is often mistaken for a baby “Great Horned Owl.” This owl is so small that it rarely exceeds eight inches in height, from the tips of it’s ear tufts, down to it’s tail. It’s diminutive size & camouflage coloring makes it nearly impossible to see when perched high in the tree tops.

Habitat Description:
”Eastern Screech Owl” appears to be restricted to extensive tracts of “Nature Lowland Forest” adjacent to river channels, & to “Nature Tree Groves” in residential areas. This owl is found in woodlands in Western Kansas.

Diet:
The diet of the “Eastern Screech Owl” is:

• Primarily Mammals
  
• A few small Birds
  
• Fish

By Spencer