Backyard friend

[canadatom]

First saw this little fella in the spring. Built a few boxes for him.  He has taken a liking to one of them and stays here full time now. Neat to have around and helps control mice population.

[redarrow]

Thats cool. Is that what you call a Saw Whet owl ?

[a-j calls]

Neat, good pictures.

[Basser69]

Cool pics! Thanks for sharing

[stone road turkey calls]

How high is the box ? nice pics.

[canadatom]

He is an eastern screech owl and the box is roughly 12 feet off the ground.

[flintlock]

Love the owls! 

[misfire]

Where did you get the plans for the box? Looks like a woodduck box, but I have been wanting to see if there was a difference

[hookedspur]

  I have two that took up residence,.

[HogBiologist]

We have E. Screech owls that routinely use our Wood Duck nesting boxes every year.

[Eric Gregg]

Cool picture.
Those things are awesome. I have never heard a screech owl sound off.
Heard they are wicked sounding.

[M,Yingling]

Thats pretty cool ,,

[chatterbox]

Very cool pics! Thanks for sharing. I'll have to show my daughter. She loves owls!

[Duke0002]

PixController has E. Screech Owl nest boxes set up with a live cam in one of them.  Currently a red phase screecher is residing in one.   Here's the link:

http://www.pixcontroller.com/WebCam/WebCam-Wildlife4.htm

[redarrow]

Here is a link for the Saw Whet Owl.

http://www.google.com/search?q=saw+whet+owl&hl=en&site=webhp&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=nhboTsmyNMeEsgK_1fHUCA&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=605