screech-owl boxing day

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Few things look as woeful as an Eastern screech-owl caught out in the rain. And we have had a lot of rain. They need a place to roost, a hidey-hole.

March is also time for nesting. Mourning doves and Carolina wrens probably already have started. But screech-owls will be raising a family soon.

That's why yesterday afternoon, we held our last nest box building workshop of the season at Ijams Nature Center. And these over-sized boxes are designed for Eastern screech-owls, our smallest woodland owl that are even smaller when drenched with water.

Box em'. Keep your screeches high and dry.

Thank you, Anne et al.

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