The Screech Owl Companion: Everything You Need to Know about These Beneficial Raptors

This must-read for birders features a complete guide to attracting, understanding, and protecting owls.

The call of an owl evokes mystery; seeing one in the wild inspires wonder. Of the top ten birds people hope to see, three are owls. Although they may be out of sight, owls are widespread throughout North America--and screech owls are the most likely to make their homes near humans. In this book, experts Jim Wright and Scott Weston show you how to attract them to nest in your yard, year after year.

The Screech Owl Companion introduces screech owls, show how to distinguish them from other species, shares fun lore and legend, and provides step-by-step instructions for making your yard screech ready. You'll learn how to build a nest box and install a simple nest cam that you can monitor from your cell phone to watch when owls move in, lay eggs, and hatch.

Author: Jim Wright, Scott Weston
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Published: 10/17/2023
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781643261898

About the Author
Jim Wright is a prize-winning writer and the author of "The Bird Watcher," a long-running column featured in New Jersey's The Record and USA Today. He has hosted screech owls in a backyard nest box, written about them since 2004, and observed them through a nestcam for a dozen breeding seasons. He is currently leading a grassroots campaign to ban the rat poisons that kill owls and other wildlife. He lives in Allendale, NJ.

Scott Weston has been involved with birding and owling for over 35 years, going on predawn Audubon Christmas bird counts since he was 11. An accomplished photographer, Scott has contributed to local and national publications, including Cornell's All About Backyard Birds. He has a B.S. degree in fisheries and aquaculture from the University of Rhode Island. He has been working and publishing in this field for over 20 years with Salem State University. He lives in northern Massachusetts.