Screech Owl

Recently I have heard two stories involving screech owls so I know they are around our suburban neighborhood, but so far I haven’t had any luck spotting one here.    I’ve been looking hard and thinking about screech owls and hope that by painting one I might be able to spot one near by.  Here is a 12″ x 12″ watercolor study of a screech owl on canvas.  I painted him patterned like the bark and a bit hard to spot.