How to Use screech owl in a Sentence

screech owl

noun

• And the screech owl’s song is described as either a trill or whiny.
  — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2018
• About that Latin name: the genus name Aegolius is a type of screech owl thought to be a bird of ill omen.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2018
• Come prepared for a walk in the woodlands of Wehr in search for the great horned owl and Eastern screech owl.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2018
• Get a glimpse of the falconry program and meet Owlivia, the resort’s screech owl.
  — Lea Lane, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• The one that's easiest to attract is the screech owl, says Bancroft.
  — Leah Zerbe, Good Housekeeping, 14 Aug. 2015
• On the evening of June 9, a person out walking a dog in Wareham came across a young screech owl on the side of the road in Onset.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
• This also will become the home for the screech owls, barn owls and burrowing owls.
  — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 12 Mar. 2018
• Magle assigned the Eastern screech owl to the Bengals because it's found in Ohio and shares a similar color to the team.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 13 Feb. 2022
• Experience the sights and sounds of eastern screech owls, raccoons, night time spiders and much more.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• Meet two of North America’s smallest birds of prey: the American kestrel and eastern screech owl.
  — Sara Ervin Walser, Laurel Leader, 28 June 2018
• These programs allow visitors, many of them young children, to get exposure to nature and wildlife like the screech owl.
  — Kate Magill, Laurel Leader, 13 Dec. 2017
• Other species to watch for include Arizona woodpecker, whiskered screech owl and Hutton’s vireo.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
• The resort’s roster includes six Harris’s hawks, one peregrine falcon, one Eurasian eagle owl, one barn owl and an Eastern screech owl.
  — Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
• Both expert hunters, the American kestrel uses its acrobatic prowess, while the eastern screech owl is a stealthy silent hunter.
  — Sara Ervin Walser, Laurel Leader, 28 June 2018
• But after an older screech owl dies, how does its surviving mate recognize, out of the smaller pool of potential mates, which birds are its age?
  — Laura Erickson, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2020
• Both expert hunters, the American kestrel uses its acrobatic prowess, while the eastern screech owl is a stealthy silenthunter.
  — Sara Ervin Walser, Laurel Leader, 17 May 2018
• Other birds that can be attracted to birdhouses in the San Antonio area include woodpeckers, barn owls, flycatchers, screech owls, house finches and tree ducks.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2018
• That would ensure a migratory path for desert bighorn sheep and mule deer, and protect critical habitat for the desert tortoises, bald eagles, peregrine falcons, western screech owls and Gila monsters that are native to the region.
  — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Another honorable mention went to wildlife biologist Bruce Taubert for his photograph of a rare screech owl grabbing a nonnative Mediterranean gecko in Arizona.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
• The eastern screech owl does not build a nest but instead inhabits hollows or cavities in trees, using the naturally occurring layer of feathers and debris from her previous meals as a lining on which to lay her eggs.
  — Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2014

Last Updated: 29 Jul 2024