Holleback says eastern screech owls start to set up territories and find mates between February and March, similar to the barred owl. They also tend to nest in old tree cavities. Chirp Chat’ s ...

There are seven species of owl if you're lucky you might see in southeast Wisconsin. Snowy, Great Horned, Barred, Short-eared, Long-eared, Screech, and Saw-whet.

The Saturday of Owl-O-Rama opens with a nest box workshop for Eastern screech owls from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Participants will meet at the Ridges Workshop, 8288 County Q, to build nest boxes they ...

Cold weather means it's time for owls to take center stage as the top predators in southeast Wisconsin. Believe it or not, this is one of the best times of year to see them.

Barn owls were observed in Wisconsin in 2018 during field work for the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II, but were listed as possible breeders. Their high-pitched screech is another distinctive ...

When the great horned owls aren't around, screech owls can be heard, whinnying or whistling in the middle of the night. ... Winter finds Wisconsin: Wildlife living on edge of the season; ...

Barn owls have returned to Wisconsin after a two-decade hiatus. A nest of barn owls was found in La Crosse recently after a young bird fell from a dead tree in a resident's backyard.

For the Eastern screech owl, the boxes should be placed on a live tree or a pole anywhere between 10 to 30 feet above the ground. It's recommended the box be placed under a tree limb at the ...

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 ...

Artuso’s isn’t even the only published record of a wood duck parasitizing an eastern screech owl, he says. (See 25 examples of brood parasites.)“We know this occurs, but we really don’t ...