We were so excited to check on our Owl House and see an Eastern Screech Owl had moved in. What a treat! (Click on blog link for other photo.)
We put it up a couple of years ago hoping that an owl would live in it, so we were very excited when we saw this little head sticking out of the hole. Maybe we’ll even see some little ones this season? How cool would that be!
Fun Facts:
1. Eastern screech-owls can rotate their heads 270 degrees. They have 14 vertebrae in their necks (humans have only 7).
2. They have asymmetrical ear openings. One ear is higher than the other to help them pinpoint sound.
Screech Owl – Ted Kooser
All night each reedy whinny
from a bird no bigger than a heart
flies out of a tall black pine
and, in a breath, is taken away
by the stars. Yet, with small hope
from the center of darkness
it calls out again and again.
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