Nature Done Wright

     One day earlier this month, bird after bird started to land on a Wood Duck nesting box near my backyard and then squawk like heck.  

   Toward sunset, a screech owl popped up and left at dusk. He has not returned to the box since then. In December, I had a red-phased screecher catch some shut-eye there, and it has not returned either.

   Click "Continue reading…" to see a pic of the recent screecher, taken from my window. (It is best to leave screech owls alone.)