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Screech owls can consume up to one-third of their body weight each day – an adult Eastern screech owl weighs around 120 to 245 g (4.2 to 8.5 oz) – but when food sources are readily and consistently available, will eat significantly less.
Courtship displays of male include bowing, raising wings, clicking bill. Male brings food to female. Mated pairs preen each other's feathers, call in duet. Nest site is in cavity in tree, including natural hollows and abandoned woodpecker holes; will also use artificial nest boxes.
Diet: What do Eastern Screech Owls eat. Eastern Screech Owls live in a variety of foods; in fact their diet is the most varied of any North American owl. These owls would feast upon almost anything that flies, swims, wriggles, or runs.
The Eastern Screech-Owl's varied diet includes small birds and mammals, reptiles, insects, crayfish, and earthworms. This eclectic diet sometimes includes worm-like reptiles called blind snakes, which the adult owl brings to the nest alive.
Eastern Screech-Owls eat most kinds of small animals, including birds and mammals as well as surprisingly large numbers of earthworms, insects, crayfish, tadpoles, frogs, and lizards. They eat many kinds of mammals, including rats, mice, squirrels, moles, and rabbits.
Basic facts about Eastern Screech Owl: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.
Common east of the Rockies in woods, suburbs, and parks, the Eastern Screech-Owl is found wherever trees are, and they’re even willing to nest in backyard nest boxes. These supremely camouflaged birds hide out in nooks and tree crannies through the day, so train your ears and listen for them at night.