If you hear a screech owl in your neighborhood at night (hear ... named for the waxy-looking red tips on their flight feathers. Add a black eye-mask, taupe-colored plumage, head crest and sleek ...
The large northwest subspecies max­welliae is the palest and most faintly marked. The western screech owl’s bill is blackish or dark gray at the base, but gray-plumaged individuals are ...