ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLERS AND THEIR ALLIES
THE OWLS
Screech Owl Habitat
This Owl is a constant resident wherever found, not migrating or even wandering far during the winter months. The nesting season extends from the latter part of March to the beginning of May, according to locality, and the site chosen is a hollow tree at no great distance from the ground or a dark recess about a building, never in an open nest in a tree.
The eggs generally number four or five, but as many as seven or eight have been recorded.”Both parents are generally found near the nest, and not infrequently sitting on the eggs at the same time. When suddenly disturbed in their hole they frequently utter a hissing noise and snap their mandibles together, producing a kind of rattling sound."
Of the various geographical races, mention maybe made of the Florida Screech Owl (M. a. fioridanus), which is smaller and much darker than the typical form and has the rufous phase more richly colored.
It ranges from South Carolina to Georgia and the whole of Florida, while in southern Texas and eastern Mexico occurs the Texan Screech Owl (M. a. maccallii), which is also smaller and slightly darker than M. asio, the light mottlings on the upper surface being much coarser and more conspicuous. Of the races which do not exhibit dichromatism, the Arizona Screech Owl (M. a. cineraceus) ranges from northwestern Mexico to the contiguous border of the United States; the Californian Screech Owl (M. a. bendirei), which is confined to California; Kennicott's Screech Owl (M. a. kenni-cottii) of the northwest coast; and the Rocky Mountain Screech Owl (M. a. maocwellia) of the higher Rocky Mountains.
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