Screech Owl with Field Mouse — Framed PieceA Screech Owl perches on an autumn birch branch, a field mouse hanging from its talons. The composition is built from the leaves of the birch some still green, some turning, one fallen and hanging from a twig with the owl at the centre, looking directly outward. This 1973 watercolour balances the precision of the owl's intricately streaked plumage with the casualness of the autumn birch setting. The Screech Owl's cryptic plumage all bark brown streaks