Tim Fitzharris / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) perching in a tree with snow on its head, British Columbia, Canada

Tui De Roy / Cinnamon screech owl (Megascops petersoni) portrait, Bellavista cloud forest private reserve, 1700m altitude, Tandayapa Valley, Andean cloud forest, West slope, Tropical Andes, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Cinnamon screech owl (Megascops petersoni) Bellavista cloud forest private reserve, 1700m altitude, Tandayapa Valley, Andean cloud forest, West slope, Tropical Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) juvenile at nest, Green Valley, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) juvenile, Utah

Steve Gettle / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) gray morph, Howell Nature Center, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) red morph, Howell Nature Center, Michigan. Sequence 1 of 2

Steve Gettle / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) red morph in winter, Howell Nature Center, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) powder down imprint on glass, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) in nest cavity, Howell, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) at nest cavity, Howell, Michigan

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Tropical Screech Owl (Otus / Megascops choliba) perched in Caatinga vegetation at night, Serra das Almas Natural Reserve, western Ceara State, northeastern Brazil.

Jerry Monkman / Eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) grey phase, perched, sunning, on rotten tree trunk, Odiorne Point State Park, Rye, New Hampshire, USA, January

Michael D. Kern / Western screech owl (Megascops kennicotti) resting on tree, camouflaged, USA

Michael D. Kern / Western screech owl (Megascops trichopsis) captive, from North America

Murray Cooper / Colombian Screech-Owl (Megascops colombianus), Colombia

Gerrit Vyn / Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus / Megascops asio) in gray morph plumage, roosting in a Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) excavation hole in a Red Pine tree, Autumn, Tompkins County, New York, USA

Gerrit Vyn / Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus / Megascops asio mccallii) roosting in a natural tree cavity, Starr County, Texas, USA

John Cancalosi / Western screech-owl (Megascops kennicottii) Arizona, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern Screech-Owl {Otus / Megascops asio} adult at night, Texas, USA, April 2006

Tom Vezo / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) flying with snake prey, Green Valley, Arizona

Nick Gordon / Tropical screech owl (Megascops choliba) eating a moth at night, Amazonia, Brazil

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) in flight with prey, Willacy County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. May 2004

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) with head out of Nest Box, Willacy County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. March 2004

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) with head out of nest box, Willacy County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. March 2004

Rolf Nussbaumer / Fledgling Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) Megascops asio, Willacy County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. May 2004

Christian Ziegler / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) detail of eyes, Central America

Tom Vezo / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) with captured Western Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus), Green Valley, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) with captured Variable Sandsnake (Chilomeniscus stramineus), Green Valley, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) with captured Variable Sandsnake (Chilomeniscus stramineus), Green Valley, Arizona

Kim Taylor / Tropical screech owl {Megascops choliba} perching in tree in mangrove, South America. [Trinidad, West Indies]

Tom Vezo / Eastern screech owl {Megascops asio} perching on log, captive, NY, USA.

Larry Michael / Eastern screech owl {Megascops asio} red phase, perched on hand, USA, captive

Larry Michael / Eastern screech owl {Megascops asio} rufous phase, captive, USA

David Welling / Eastern screech owl {Megascops asio} Texas, USA

Tom Vezo / Eastern screech owl portrait {Megascops asio}, rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Tropical screech owl {Megascops choliba} Ibitipoca State Park, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Tropical screech owl {Megascops choliba} Beni Dept, Bolivia

Tom Vezo / Western screech owl {Megascops kennicotti} Arizona, USA

Tom Vezo / Western screech owl {Megascops kennicotti} with Desert centipede prey, Arizona, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern screech owl {Megascops asio} camouflaged in nest hole in Mesquite tree, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern screech owl flying to nest hole {Megascops asio} Texas, USA

Konrad Wothe / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) in tree hollow, Western North America

Norbert Wu / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) night hunter with prey, Georgia

Tim Fitzharris / Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) perching in a tree, British Columbia, Canada

Tom Vezo / Western screech owl {Megascops kennicotti} Tucson, Arizona, USA

Barry Mansell / Eastern screech owl fledgling {Megascops asio} Florida, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Eastern screech owl with rodent prey USA

Tom Vezo / Eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) USA Vermont (C)

John Cancalosi / Western screech owl (Megascops kennicotti) in Saguaro cactus cavity Arizona USA, Sonoran Desert.

Tom Vezo / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio), Long Island, New York

Tom Vezo / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) red morph, Long Island, New York

Steve Gettle / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) gray morph, Howell Nature Center, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) red morph camouflaged in tree, Howell Nature Center, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) red morph, rotating head 180 degrees, Howell Nature Center, Michigan. Sequence 2 of 2