Nicknamed 'screech owl', the barn owl's call is a haunting, high-pitched scream 🙉 But that's not the only sound in this owl's vocab. Here's how to identify its different calls 🦉💭 | Robert E Fuller

A baby screech owl took a tumble out of a tree and needs help from wildlife rehabber Kristen Allen. #BanditPatrol | National Geographic Animals

If you’ve never had the opportunity to watch Eastern Screech Owls feed their babies a bevy of June bugs and spiders, let me be the first to tell you that it is an experience right out of the pages of a children’s storybook. Like most birds, this owl family times the birth of their babies with an abundance of food. Insects and arachnids are on the dinner menu—or is it breakfast? The secret life of owls is fascinating. | Mark Smith Photography