This is the time of the year to get some nesting boxes prepared for our feathered friends. Bluebirds, wood ducks, kestrels, ...

But small and medium sized owls, such as the screech owl and the barn owl, are literally better fits for nesting boxes. Rhode Island even has a volunteer-run nesting box program for barn owls.

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

In eastern wooded suburbs, this small, owl is often the most common avian ... and readily uses properly sized and positioned nest boxes. Courtship occurs late January through mid-March, with ...

In a 2023 paper published in Forest Ecology and Management, the authors reported the most frequent nest box occupants in North America were the Carolina wren, eastern screech owl and great crested ...

owls and bluebirds will also choose to nest in available nesting boxes that humans provide. I presented a case in point for screech owls when we moved into our new home eight years ago ...