About this item
This must-read for birders features a complete guide to attracting, understanding, and protecting owls. The call of an owl evokes mystery; seeing one in the wild inspires wonder. Of the top ten birds people hope to see, three are owls. Although they may be out of sight, owls are widespread throughout North America - and screech owls are the most likely to make their homes near humans. In this book, experts Jim Wright and Scott Weston show you how to attract them to nest in your yard, year after year.. The Screech Owl Companion introduces screech owls, show how to distinguish them from other species, shares fun lore and legend, and provides step-by-step instructions for making your yard screech ready. You'll learn how to build a nest box and install a simple nest cam that you can monitor from your cell phone to watch when owls move in, lay eggs, and hatch.
About the Author
A long-time prize-winning journalist and former movie critic, Jim Wright is the author of "The Real James Bond," which got an excellent writeups in The Wall Street Journal, The Times Literary Supplement (TLS, U.K.) , Variety and elsewhere.He is currently doing Zoom talks and interviews about the book all over the English-speaking world, including Great Britain, the U.S., Canada and AustraliaWright has written nature books about Central America's largest rainforest, Pennsylvania's legendary Hawk Mountain, and the New Jersey Meadowlands. His thriller The Last Frame (inspired by the tabloid photographer Weegee) published by Carroll & Graf, got rave reviews in The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times and many other newspapers. Wright writes "The Bird Watcher" column for USA Today newspapers in New Jersey. He is a nature photographer and blogger. He lives with wife Patty in Allendale, NJ, where he is a deputy marsh warden at the Celery Farm Natural Area..He loves to give talks (via Zoom for now) about the real James Bond.
