According to *The Birds of North America Online*, the dominant subspecies
in Ohio is the nominate *asio *subspecies, in which the red morph is common
(cited at about 39% of the overall population).

Mark

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Casey Tucker <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> As a follow-up to Don's post, I was driving home Sunday evening (10/25)
> when I accidentally hit and killed a red morph Eastern Screech Owl on State
> Route 13 between Mount Vernon and Utica in Knox County around 7:30 pm.
> It makes me wonder about the local abundance of red morph versus grey
> morph screech owls in this part of the state given the observation of at
> least two different red morph owls in relatively close proximity.
> Sorry this wasn't a more upbeat posting.  Hitting the owl was definitely a
> bummer for me , but at least I'm able to share some information here.
> Thanks,
> Casey Tucker
>
> > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 04:06:11 +0000
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [Ohio-birds] "Saw-whet" owl a.k.a. Eastern Screech Owl, red
> morph photo links
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> http://s864.photobucket.com/user/Donald_Comis/library/?view=recent&page=1
> >
> > I posted my "saw-whet" owl photo on the Ohio Birding group on Facebook
> as well as on photobucket (link above) as suggested.  James Muller
> identified it as the Eastern Screech Owl, red morph.
> > It's funny because that was my first guess based on a quick search of a
> DNR booklet, ignoring my collection of field guides.  That steered me in
> the right direction by listing only common owls.  I knew the screech owl,
> the Great Horned Owl, and the barred owl were the three common ones and I
> have heard all three in our yard--and size made the screech the only choice
> of those three.
> > But when I sent the photo to a friend, she got me thinking saw-whet,
> connecting it to the recent post about a saw-whet  sighting.
> > Thanks for all the help--I learned a lot about screech owls and the red
> morph!
> > Don ComisApple Valley, Howard, Ohio (Knox County, about 7 miles from Mt.
> Vernon)
> >
> >
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