Screech Owl Otus asio
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Food The Screech Owl hunts mainly after dusk and eats mice, insects, squirrels, frogs, snakes, bats, and worms
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Migration Screech Owl are permanant Wisconsin residents; however some in the north retreat slightly to the south during winter.
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Habitat Suburban areas, deciduous forests, and wood lots.
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Nesting They nest in tree holes and bird boxes where they lay 3-8 white eggs. The famle incubates the eggs while the male provides food. Both feed the young.
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