Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio mccallii Rio Grande City Starr County TEXAS United States 31 March Adult Strigidae

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Screech owl comes in two color forms, gray and red. This small gray owl in southern Texas is roosting at dusk camouflaged by its feathers which match the bark of the hollow tree. When night comes it will hunt small mice.

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