It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

Adult: small; yellow eyes; bill yellow-green at the base with ... welliae is the palest and most faintly marked. The western screech owl’s bill is blackish or dark gray at the base, but gray ...

On the chilly morning of Dec. 5, Alex Patton headed into a coffee shop in Utica. On his way out, he glanced across the nearby ...