First Outside Pictures of the 2013 Florida Screech Owl in the Nest Box

Female Red Morph Eastern Screech Owl in The Nest Box

Female Red Morph Eastern Screech Owl in The Nest Box

This is Her in Early May 2012 - Natural, Fierce and Free!

The same Red Morph Eastern Screech Owl Female is back in our nest box this season sitting on 3 eggs. She began staying almost 24 hours a day in the nest box early Friday when the third egg was delivered. We are giving her plenty of space in the backyard - not making direct eye contact at this point. She knows and tolerates us. In the coming weeks she'll become more relaxed around us in the backyard again.  But, as you can see from her expression she is not one to put up with much nonsense. She is wild, fierce and free - one tough little creature. She is the only real and wild "Transformer Owl" on the web.  She is an expert mother, raising 3 owlets the past two years and we expect 3 more in about 26 days. The male has not made an appearance at the nest box yet, that will change in the coming days.