Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) - grey and red phase illust Eastern Screech Owl, Megascops asio, (Otus asio), gray phase (left) and red phase (right), offset reproduction of watercolor
Source: Birds of New York (New York State Museum. Memoir 12), Albany: University of the State of New York. Plates by Fuertes later reproduced in Birds of America (1917) by Thomas Gilbert Pearson (1873-1943) et al.
Date: 1910-1914
Author: Elon Howard Eaton (1866-1935, author), Louis Agassiz Fuertes (artist, 1874-1927)
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Megascops_asioAAP056CB.jpg
The eastern screech owl or eastern screech-owl (Otus asio syn. Megascops asio) is a small nocturnal owl that is relatively common in Eastern North America, from Mexico to Canada.
