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Screech Owls

My New Screech Owl Book Is on the Way

June 16, 2023

Timber Press just posted the updated cover for The Screech Owl Companion, complete with info on ordering an advance copy.

Packed with fascinating information and excellent photography, The Screech Owl Companion is the perfect book for anyone who loves Eastern and Western Screech Owls. There's even an entire chapter on squirrels.

From the back cover: "Astounding, thorough, and wide-ranging, this book will take you into the world of the beloved screech owl. It delivers everything you could want or need to welcome these appealing, diminutive, feathery, fierce creatures as your neighbors."
-Lillian Stokes, coauthor of The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America

The publication date is Oct. 17. Co-author Scott Weston and I can't wait.

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jim-wright/the-screech-owl-companion/9781643261898/

The cover photo is by Kevin Watson.

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My Column: My New Book on Screech Owls

October 12, 2023

Screech owls are the masters of camouflage. Photo credit: Kevin Watson

My latest column tells how my latest book came to be -- with a big assist from The Record and the forerunner of this blog way back when. "The Screech Owl Companion" has already gotten a great review on Booklist. So, fingers crossed.

You can read my column here:

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Baby Screech Owl Rescue in Mass.

June 13, 2023

My Screech Owl Companion co-author Scott Weston has a cool post on his "Owl Oasis" blog about a baby Screech Owl rescue.

The link is here:

https://owloasis.wordpress.com/2023/06/10/baby-owlet-rescue/

You can read more about our book -- due in October -- here:

https://www.screechowl.net/2023/03/screech-owl-book-news.html

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Featuring the Celery Farm Nature Preserve, Red-shouldered Hawks, High Mountain, and Jim Wright's column "The Bird Watcher."

Directions

Directions to The Fell House
Look for white house with pillars, white barn, on west side of Franklin Turnpike, just north of Cottage Place.
Directions to Green Way entrance to the Celery Farm
Green Way is off the Franklin Turnpike, the second right heading north after the Celery Farm parking lot on the Franklin Turnpike. Parking is in the cul de sac. This is a residential street, so please drive and park considerately. Please do not block the large gates leading into the Celery Farm, and please park parallel to the curb.
Directions To Celery Farm Main Parking Lot
Parking lot is on your right, north of Cottage Place, past three houses. Please do not park on the sidewalk -- it is illegal, by state law. You could damage the sidewalk, make it dangerous for pedestrians, and receive a ticket. (Pass the word if you see anyone parking on thes sidewalk.)

About Me

About Me
I am the author of "The Screech Owl Companion." My other books include "The Real James Bond" and large-format books about the New Jersey Meadowlands, Pennsylvania’s Hawk Mountain, Allendale's Celery Farm Nature Preserve, and the largest rainforest in Central America. I have also written e-books on Bald Eagles (including one for Duke Farms) and Red-shouldered Hawks. I have written “The Bird Watcher” column for The Record since 2009. I am a deputy marsh warden of the Celery Farm, a board member of Allendale's Lee Memorial Library, and a former trustee for The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey.