# Hey, screech-owl

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-screech-owl/55689>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 24, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-screech-owl/55689 "2001-02-24T04:48:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-screech-owl/55689/1 "2001-02-24T04:48:21Z")

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I say a screech-owl tonight (plus several other birds of prey)

I didn’t know you were so small! You are such a cutie, too with those big golden brown eyes!

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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-screech-owl/55689/2 "2001-02-24T04:51:37Z")

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saw, dammit, saw

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-screech-owl/55689/3 "2001-02-26T23:56:25Z")

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Aw geez, I didn’t see this thread until now (been away camping over the weekend - I saw a Red-shouldered Hawk).  
Yeah, we are short and cute: that’s part of the reason I chose the name (as well as one of the little so-n-so’s bit me at the rehab center), even if everyone thinks we are baby Great Horned Owls.  
Thanks for the compliment! 😃