Screech Owl � Otus asio

The screech owl can have two different color phases, or "morphs."� The one on the left is a gray phase, the right is a red phase. These little birds stand about 7-10 inches tall.� They were incorrectly dubbed "screech owls" by the early European settlers, thinking that it looked like one of their screech owls "back home."� The screech owl, despite its name, does not actually screech, they have a tremulous whinny call, and another monotonatic (one tone) call.� THIS is an example of the monotone call. THIS is the whinny call.

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