![]() “I remember Tucson Audubon installing a nest box with the hope of attracting a Kestrel. Cavity nesters, they will occupy abandoned saguaro holes or an appropriate nest box in your backyard. Small owls (less than 10” tall), Screech-Owls are opportunistic carnivores eating a variety of desert creatures from invertebrates to birds to mice and even bats, which they will catch on the wing. Even when I saw it for several days in a row, I continued to be fascinated and looked forward to the next afternoon when I could see it again.įollowing the bouncing call! The cascading hoots of a Western Screech-Owl sounds like a bouncing ball. ![]() But each night just after the sun had set and it was growing dark, it would take off in flight. The stretching and waking up activity would last for about an hour, and sometimes he would move out of the tree to stand on a wall or tall post. It would stretch one leg, then one wing, then the other leg and other wing – just like it was getting ready for a night of flight and hunting. Every afternoon as the sun got close to setting, it would begin to move. I had the privilege of having one roost in a tree in my neighbor’s backyard for about two weeks. there is something mysterious and wise about it so that no matter how many times I see it, I continue to be awed and delighted when it presents itself, whether I hear its hoot in the night or see it roosting in a tree in the daytime. ![]() Who cannot be mesmerized by the majesty of this bird?. ![]()
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