Eastern Screech-Owls were the first species I worked with at my local raptor rescue. My first one was named Peanut, and he was a rufous morph Screechy. Thank you for sharing these wonderful little owls! 🦉
That's so awesome! I respect you a lot for working at a raptor rescue and I bet those screech owls really appreciate it too. Thanks for telling your story!
I rescued one out of the road that flew into my car and took it to a rescue place. I am sad that I can't freehandle it or let it on my arm. I would love to handle this species again. It came back to life in my car. Sat on my arm for a photo. Personally I don't like birds much some though I do, owls are pretty damn cool. They said it would survive. Eye had blood in it a bit. Impact 50 mph that's a fucking really tough little bird. I thought it was crippled or paralyzed. It took me 2 or 3 minutes to go back and pick it up. Still in the road conscious on it's back. I look into it's eyes and it's awake. Not knocked out. Flapping little bit. It couldn't get up it, it was hurt bad and in shock in the cold dark road. I wouldn't leave it to die alone. I said you die with me in my warm van then, that's all I can do for you. My buddy kept it away when it shut it's eyes. Poking or squeezing it. It was puffing hard breathing heavy. I tell him keep it awake it might live, if it survives the initial impact and shock. This little bird stood up or my buddy helped it stand up. Then it's head spun around and it's eyes fluttered. It was very good signs. Way better than I imagined. I though it was super dead. Brain damage ect. It opened its wings on it's own also and flew up onto the front seat. I said holy shit it's alive. It lived we saved it. I go out trying to catch wild animals sometimes or hang out with wild ones. I love the wild ones the most. Domestic is boring. I don't know how to heal them much though. I can take them to doctors though. They commended me. They don't know how many times I let wild ones bite me when I freehand creatures. I laugh. I'm not afraid of silly bird. I play with 50 pound snapping turtles giant claws and will seriously injure me 100% Low risk to save owl. It was like a little alien I saved out of the road. I have never seen one up close or handled one. I don't even get to handle birds very often. I don't like them because they fly away. Very very hard to ever get your hands on a bird that isn't sick or has disease. Especially owl. Wonderful timing and opertunity. I feared it had to have internal injuries. Glanced off the driver side wjndow straight down into concrete double yellow lines. Dead if we don't go back. It couldn't get itself out of the road. I refuse to let silly alien die that way. No need to thank me. It is my natural way. But please, if you know a place that allows someone to freehand owls. I would love to be inside the enclosure with them. Face to face and up close. Look into the eyes. I do telepathy with animals I believe. All animals. They think like we think we are animals like they are. The mind is one. I become one with them. So this place won't let me see the owl yet. They email me once. I make them know I am not afraid to see or handle animals. Ask for job but they say I can volunteer. Maybe once they know me better I can I'm not sure. It's strange to ask because there are many rules or regulations and guidelines I simply never follow. However. I refuse to keep the bird myself without proper things for it. I said if it can't go back to the wild I will build a place in my backyard. I felt really bad it got knocked silly and lost it's life it knew. Or friends it had. I gave them somewhat instructions as to where I picked it up from. I would love to interact with them in some way especially the one I rescued. Let me know if they let you handle it. Or how you worked there. Issue is I have no ged or diploma. I refuse to take the test. I consider them a waste of time. I am self taught. I don't operate around their schedule I operate around my own.
@J_Birds I rescued one out of the road that flew into my car and took it to a rescue place. I am sad that I can't freehandle it or let it on my arm. I would love to handle this species again. It came back to life in my car. Sat on my arm for a photo. Personally I don't like birds much some though I do, owls are pretty damn cool. They said it would survive. Eye had blood in it a bit. Impact 50 mph that's a fucking really tough little bird. I thought it was crippled or paralyzed. It took me 2 or 3 minutes to go back and pick it up. Still in the road conscious on it's back. I look into it's eyes and it's awake. Not knocked out. Flapping little bit. It couldn't get up it, it was hurt bad and in shock in the cold dark road. I wouldn't leave it to die alone. I said you die with me in my warm van then, that's all I can do for you. My buddy kept it away when it shut it's eyes. Poking or squeezing it. It was puffing hard breathing heavy. I tell him keep it awake it might live, if it survives the initial impact and shock. This little bird stood up or my buddy helped it stand up. Then it's head spun around and it's eyes fluttered. It was very good signs. Way better than I imagined. I though it was super dead. Brain damage ect. It opened its wings on it's own also and flew up onto the front seat. I said holy shit it's alive. It lived we saved it. I go out trying to catch wild animals sometimes or hang out with wild ones. I love the wild ones the most. Domestic is boring. I don't know how to heal them much though. I can take them to doctors though. They commended me. They don't know how many times I let wild ones bite me when I freehand creatures. I laugh. I'm not afraid of silly bird. I play with 50 pound snapping turtles giant claws and will seriously injure me 100% Low risk to save owl. It was like a little alien I saved out of the road. I have never seen one up close or handled one. I don't even get to handle birds very often. I don't like them because they fly away. Very very hard to ever get your hands on a bird that isn't sick or has disease. Especially owl. Wonderful timing and opertunity. I feared it had to have internal injuries. Glanced off the driver side wjndow straight down into concrete double yellow lines. Dead if we don't go back. It couldn't get itself out of the road. I refuse to let silly alien die that way. No need to thank me. It is my natural way. But please, if you know a place that allows someone to freehand owls. I would love to be inside the enclosure with them. Face to face and up close. Look into the eyes. I do telepathy with animals I believe. All animals. They think like we think we are animals like they are. The mind is one. I become one with them. So this place won't let me see the owl yet. They email me once. I make them know I am not afraid to see or handle animals. Ask for job but they say I can volunteer. Maybe once they know me better I can I'm not sure. It's strange to ask because there are many rules or regulations and guidelines I simply never follow. However. I refuse to keep the bird myself without proper things for it. I said if it can't go back to the wild I will build a place in my backyard. I felt really bad it got knocked silly and lost it's life it knew. Or friends it had. I gave them somewhat instructions as to where I picked it up from. I would love to interact with them in some way especially the one I rescued. Let me know if they let you handle it. Or how you worked there. Issue is I have no ged or diploma. I refuse to take the test. I consider them a waste of time. I am self taught. I don't operate around their schedule I operate around my own.
When you talked about the owl preying on European starlings, I literally pumped my fist and said "Yes!" But then, you talked about the displacement, and that saddened me. I deal with starlings daily, trying to keep them away from food I intend for native species. Anyway... great video! Your presentation is engaging and professional. And I personally don't mind waiting for quality content. Good work, and be well!
Haha I'm with you there, it's so sad to see the detrimental effects invasive species have. I'm sorry to hear they cause trouble for you and hope they go away! Thank you so much for the kind words it really means a lot. I hope you take care as well :)))
@@J_Birds Alas, European starlings are not going away. But we can hope to find some kind of equilibrium with them in the North American ecosystem, I suppose. I've heard starling populations are actually in steep decline in their native range -- wish I could ship all these mid-Atlantic starlings over there!
I wanted to let you know what a terrific video on the Eastern screech owl. Last night I was outside working on a motion light changing its bulb when I heard something that i believe I may have heard one other time in my life but that was in Northwest Florida between the Gulf Seashores and Alabama border in a smaller neighborhood east of Pensacola Florida named Pea Ridge which I reckon is part of the city of Pace, Florida; that owl I saw years ago in the the summer of 2019 was most likely not this kind of owl because it was a huge owl to which the likes that most have never seen which was the Largest Owl I or most people in the world have ever witnessed. Ok back to the Eastern Screech Owl to which I believe was in out front yard tree branch to which i didnt exactly recognize the sound but my first thought was some kind of owl and then I shined my flashlight towards it and my second guess was it was really small from when I think of a Owl it was more like the size of a younger Pigeon and I couldn't see the front side face area but what i could see it looked white with grey so I wasn't sure what I had saw. Luckily the sound was caught on our security video from when I was outside so i sent to a amateur birder in my family and she immediately thought it was some sort of Screech owl so in looking up the sounds of them I found a video that all but confirmed it was the Eastern Screech Owl and then I had to watch a video all about them which I watched yours and greatly enjoyed your presentation. At the end of your video there is a Park that you are walking thru which looked alot like Bob Jones Nature Center and Preserve in Southlake, Texas so i wasnt sure but then i looked thru your other videos that may let me know if you happened to film your Owl video here in Texas and to my delight your video about the 2020 Texas freeze and and resulting power outages which I gotta say another swell video that reminded of my family's time then and now missing a member who was here then hit me in the "feels" if that makes any sense, Rest in Peace to those before us that deserve it, woe to the others. In watching the power outage/freeze video it sounds like you are in south Texas from what I heard so unless you happened to be in my area of the state for your Eastern Screech Owl video then I have to assume the Nature Park was just built similarly which makes sense after all it in the same state so it very conceivable that a nature park reserve would look allot alike. Lastly wevrecieved a new animal family during that Late Winter 2020 which was a Blessing by the Great Creator. I will say you have been blessed with a great narrative skills and I believe a unique love of animals so when you can I recommend you make more of these Informative videos that will help others learn about the wonderful world of animals or really any subject you enjoy. Thank You, JW in DFW P.S. 1. Sorry about the book. 2. Will you let me know where that park is in the video please? Godspeed young man!
We have an eastern screech living in the wisteria on our back porch! She or he has been there of an on for a year or so and this week brought a little friend so now we have 2!!! Is there anything we should do to help make them Safe and comfortable? We are Going to place a birdbath on a table nearby so they have fresh water as it’s very hot here in Houston!!
Thanks for enlightening us! We just saw the Eastern Screech Owl at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins. They're just beautiful. New subscriber here. Thanks!!
peeled one of these off the front grill of my semi several years ago, poor thing flew in front of my truck while i was doing 70 mph down a rural highway in oklahoma 😢
Had a breeding pair here in st pete fl. Think the female died of rat poison.found here one day in sidewalk on here back.still.one flew in my front door as I opened it.cool birds.mike in st.pete
Eastern Screech-Owls were the first species I worked with at my local raptor rescue. My first one was named Peanut, and he was a rufous morph Screechy. Thank you for sharing these wonderful little owls! 🦉
That's so awesome! I respect you a lot for working at a raptor rescue and I bet those screech owls really appreciate it too. Thanks for telling your story!
I rescued one out of the road that flew into my car and took it to a rescue place.
I am sad that I can't freehandle it or let it on my arm. I would love to handle this species again.
It came back to life in my car. Sat on my arm for a photo. Personally I don't like birds much some though I do, owls are pretty damn cool.
They said it would survive. Eye had blood in it a bit. Impact 50 mph that's a fucking really tough little bird. I thought it was crippled or paralyzed. It took me 2 or 3 minutes to go back and pick it up. Still in the road conscious on it's back. I look into it's eyes and it's awake. Not knocked out. Flapping little bit. It couldn't get up it, it was hurt bad and in shock in the cold dark road. I wouldn't leave it to die alone. I said you die with me in my warm van then, that's all I can do for you. My buddy kept it away when it shut it's eyes. Poking or squeezing it. It was puffing hard breathing heavy. I tell him keep it awake it might live, if it survives the initial impact and shock.
This little bird stood up or my buddy helped it stand up. Then it's head spun around and it's eyes fluttered. It was very good signs. Way better than I imagined. I though it was super dead. Brain damage ect.
It opened its wings on it's own also and flew up onto the front seat. I said holy shit it's alive. It lived we saved it.
I go out trying to catch wild animals sometimes or hang out with wild ones. I love the wild ones the most. Domestic is boring. I don't know how to heal them much though. I can take them to doctors though. They commended me. They don't know how many times I let wild ones bite me when I freehand creatures. I laugh. I'm not afraid of silly bird. I play with 50 pound snapping turtles giant claws and will seriously injure me 100%
Low risk to save owl. It was like a little alien I saved out of the road. I have never seen one up close or handled one. I don't even get to handle birds very often. I don't like them because they fly away. Very very hard to ever get your hands on a bird that isn't sick or has disease. Especially owl.
Wonderful timing and opertunity. I feared it had to have internal injuries. Glanced off the driver side wjndow straight down into concrete double yellow lines. Dead if we don't go back. It couldn't get itself out of the road. I refuse to let silly alien die that way.
No need to thank me. It is my natural way. But please, if you know a place that allows someone to freehand owls. I would love to be inside the enclosure with them. Face to face and up close. Look into the eyes. I do telepathy with animals I believe. All animals. They think like we think we are animals like they are. The mind is one. I become one with them. So this place won't let me see the owl yet. They email me once. I make them know I am not afraid to see or handle animals. Ask for job but they say I can volunteer. Maybe once they know me better I can I'm not sure. It's strange to ask because there are many rules or regulations and guidelines I simply never follow. However. I refuse to keep the bird myself without proper things for it. I said if it can't go back to the wild I will build a place in my backyard. I felt really bad it got knocked silly and lost it's life it knew. Or friends it had. I gave them somewhat instructions as to where I picked it up from.
I would love to interact with them in some way especially the one I rescued. Let me know if they let you handle it. Or how you worked there. Issue is I have no ged or diploma. I refuse to take the test. I consider them a waste of time. I am self taught. I don't operate around their schedule I operate around my own.
@J_Birds hey, maybe you can read my message I sent them.
@J_Birds I rescued one out of the road that flew into my car and took it to a rescue place.
I am sad that I can't freehandle it or let it on my arm. I would love to handle this species again.
It came back to life in my car. Sat on my arm for a photo. Personally I don't like birds much some though I do, owls are pretty damn cool.
They said it would survive. Eye had blood in it a bit. Impact 50 mph that's a fucking really tough little bird. I thought it was crippled or paralyzed. It took me 2 or 3 minutes to go back and pick it up. Still in the road conscious on it's back. I look into it's eyes and it's awake. Not knocked out. Flapping little bit. It couldn't get up it, it was hurt bad and in shock in the cold dark road. I wouldn't leave it to die alone. I said you die with me in my warm van then, that's all I can do for you. My buddy kept it away when it shut it's eyes. Poking or squeezing it. It was puffing hard breathing heavy. I tell him keep it awake it might live, if it survives the initial impact and shock.
This little bird stood up or my buddy helped it stand up. Then it's head spun around and it's eyes fluttered. It was very good signs. Way better than I imagined. I though it was super dead. Brain damage ect.
It opened its wings on it's own also and flew up onto the front seat. I said holy shit it's alive. It lived we saved it.
I go out trying to catch wild animals sometimes or hang out with wild ones. I love the wild ones the most. Domestic is boring. I don't know how to heal them much though. I can take them to doctors though. They commended me. They don't know how many times I let wild ones bite me when I freehand creatures. I laugh. I'm not afraid of silly bird. I play with 50 pound snapping turtles giant claws and will seriously injure me 100%
Low risk to save owl. It was like a little alien I saved out of the road. I have never seen one up close or handled one. I don't even get to handle birds very often. I don't like them because they fly away. Very very hard to ever get your hands on a bird that isn't sick or has disease. Especially owl.
Wonderful timing and opertunity. I feared it had to have internal injuries. Glanced off the driver side wjndow straight down into concrete double yellow lines. Dead if we don't go back. It couldn't get itself out of the road. I refuse to let silly alien die that way.
No need to thank me. It is my natural way. But please, if you know a place that allows someone to freehand owls. I would love to be inside the enclosure with them. Face to face and up close. Look into the eyes. I do telepathy with animals I believe. All animals. They think like we think we are animals like they are. The mind is one. I become one with them. So this place won't let me see the owl yet. They email me once. I make them know I am not afraid to see or handle animals. Ask for job but they say I can volunteer. Maybe once they know me better I can I'm not sure. It's strange to ask because there are many rules or regulations and guidelines I simply never follow. However. I refuse to keep the bird myself without proper things for it. I said if it can't go back to the wild I will build a place in my backyard. I felt really bad it got knocked silly and lost it's life it knew. Or friends it had. I gave them somewhat instructions as to where I picked it up from.
I would love to interact with them in some way especially the one I rescued. Let me know if they let you handle it. Or how you worked there. Issue is I have no ged or diploma. I refuse to take the test. I consider them a waste of time. I am self taught. I don't operate around their schedule I operate around my own.
Its channels like this that make the internet. Your contribution to the general publics knowledge is significant good sir!
When you talked about the owl preying on European starlings, I literally pumped my fist and said "Yes!" But then, you talked about the displacement, and that saddened me. I deal with starlings daily, trying to keep them away from food I intend for native species. Anyway... great video! Your presentation is engaging and professional. And I personally don't mind waiting for quality content. Good work, and be well!
Haha I'm with you there, it's so sad to see the detrimental effects invasive species have. I'm sorry to hear they cause trouble for you and hope they go away! Thank you so much for the kind words it really means a lot. I hope you take care as well :)))
@@J_Birds Alas, European starlings are not going away. But we can hope to find some kind of equilibrium with them in the North American ecosystem, I suppose. I've heard starling populations are actually in steep decline in their native range -- wish I could ship all these mid-Atlantic starlings over there!
Nice work bro!!
Amazing video, thorough and interesting, really enjoyed!
Thank you as always, it’s good to see your comment again :))
Thanks for the info! I just saw my 1st screech owl with fledglings this morning!❤
Thanks to your video I just identified the couple that hangs in our backyard at dusk 🤗. Thank you! 🦉❤️
I wanted to let you know what a terrific video on the Eastern screech owl. Last night I was outside working on a motion light changing its bulb when I heard something that i believe I may have heard one other time in my life but that was in Northwest Florida between the Gulf Seashores and Alabama border in a smaller neighborhood east of Pensacola Florida named Pea Ridge which I reckon is part of the city of Pace, Florida; that owl I saw years ago in the the summer of 2019 was most likely not this kind of owl because it was a huge owl to which the likes that most have never seen which was the Largest Owl I or most people in the world have ever witnessed. Ok back to the Eastern Screech Owl to which I believe was in out front yard tree branch to which i didnt exactly recognize the sound but my first thought was some kind of owl and then I shined my flashlight towards it and my second guess was it was really small from when I think of a Owl it was more like the size of a younger Pigeon and I couldn't see the front side face area but what i could see it looked white with grey so I wasn't sure what I had saw. Luckily the sound was caught on our security video from when I was outside so i sent to a amateur birder in my family and she immediately thought it was some sort of Screech owl so in looking up the sounds of them I found a video that all but confirmed it was the Eastern Screech Owl and then I had to watch a video all about them which I watched yours and greatly enjoyed your presentation. At the end of your video there is a Park that you are walking thru which looked alot like Bob Jones Nature Center and Preserve in Southlake, Texas so i wasnt sure but then i looked thru your other videos that may let me know if you happened to film your Owl video here in Texas and to my delight your video about the 2020 Texas freeze and and resulting power outages which I gotta say another swell video that reminded of my family's time then and now missing a member who was here then hit me in the "feels" if that makes any sense, Rest in Peace to those before us that deserve it, woe to the others. In watching the power outage/freeze video it sounds like you are in south Texas from what I heard so unless you happened to be in my area of the state for your Eastern Screech Owl video then I have to assume the Nature Park was just built similarly which makes sense after all it in the same state so it very conceivable that a nature park reserve would look allot alike. Lastly wevrecieved a new animal family during that Late Winter 2020 which was a Blessing by the Great Creator. I will say you have been blessed with a great narrative skills and I believe a unique love of animals so when you can I recommend you make more of these Informative videos that will help others learn about the wonderful world of animals or really any subject you enjoy.
Thank You,
JW in DFW
P.S. 1. Sorry about the book. 2. Will you let me know where that park is in the video please? Godspeed young man!
I live out in rural country and love hearing screech owls outside at night.
Very informative. Thank you.
Thank you this was helpful for our bird study this year in school.
We have an eastern screech living in the wisteria on our back porch! She or he has been there of an on for a year or so and this week brought a little friend so now we have 2!!! Is there anything we should do to help make them
Safe and comfortable? We are
Going to place a birdbath on a table nearby so they have fresh water as it’s very hot here in Houston!!
I live in NJ. I have heard the screech owl several times in my yard at dusk. I have yet to see one though. Hopefully I will
Lovely captured.
Thank you so much!
My fav bird and nightly raptor
Loved it, THANKS!
Thanks for enlightening us! We just saw the Eastern Screech Owl at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins. They're just beautiful. New subscriber here. Thanks!!
My pleasure! Thank you for subscribing :)
Thanks for sharing
It's my pleasure :)
Very informative. There are reports of a screech owls near my home. I will be looking for them today at dusk. Fingers crossed!
I have discovered that there are several pairs around my house.
Amazing video! Could you do a everything you need to know about a Golden Eagle? They are my favorite bird
Liked, and subscribed. I recognized the place where you shot at least some of this episode. We live nearby.
There's a mating pair behind my house in the woodbine in southeast Michigan
Any advice to draw in a pair of Eastern Screech Owls to nest in my backyard?
That Owl in the beginning be like, whatcha looking at???
My man was ready to pick a fight when he saw me.
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peeled one of these off the front grill of my semi several years ago, poor thing flew in front of my truck while i was doing 70 mph down a rural highway in oklahoma 😢
So cat-like, an example of convergent evolution ?
Had a breeding pair here in st pete fl. Think the female died of rat poison.found here one day in sidewalk on here back.still.one flew in my front door as I opened it.cool birds.mike in st.pete
Popeye