I have a big affinity for the suburbs (I know, it’s weird), and the Eastern Screech feels like a suburban bird. They hang out along the riparian corridors with the tall older trees, hunting mice, crayfish, songbirds, and whomever else they can catch. I did the same when I grew up in Brampton, Ontario, but instead of mice, crayfish and songbirds, I was hunting for feral Apple (Malus domestica) trees, Wild Grapes (Vitis riparia), and anything else I could eat. I bet there were Screech’s along the Etobicoke Creek, too.

Last year, 2022, on January 4th, I recorded a show about Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops asio), which I only played on CFRU, 93.3 fm, which is the campus-community radio station where my show is broadcast. Turns out I never put it out online for some reason. Now this year, 2023, I was reading in bed when I heard the tell-tale monotonic trill of an Eastern Screech Owl out my window. This inspired me to record this new episode all about Eastern Screech Owls.

I hope you learn as much as I did.

DickDaniels  http://theworldbirds.org Eastern Screech Owl RWD at CRC2.jpg. Image. 1.4MB. Wikimedia.org. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Screech_Owl_RWD_at_CRC2.jpg. Creative Commons License (CC BY-ND 3.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/