A New Houseguest?

Perhaps, perhaps! At 4:00 this morning a Western Screech-Owl started chirp-yelping out the bedroom window, perched in the mesquite that holds the beautiful new owl box Kevin made for us last Thanksgiving.

After about 15 minutes of the incessant bark call, enough to annoy even me a little, the owl finally started to sing, first the descending tremolo, then the double whistle–and an answer came from the distance.

And then this morning when I left the house a Gila Woodpecker was fussing around the entrance to the box, making me hope that maybe we really do have a new Megascops in residence. I’ll find out, if I can get home while it’s still dusk.