He gave a hoot and spoke very quickly.
"I'm a good Citizen, too.

I do not eat many birds, and those I do eat are not the useful ones who kill insects; moles, mice, rats, and beetles are my daily food.

But House People do not know this, and limit me until I am almost discouraged; for though I am a Night Owl I do not live in such wild places as some of my brethren, and so I am more easily caught.
I live and nest anywhere I like, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

I rear my young equally well in an old Crow's nest in a high, tree, or one I build for myself in a bush.

I mean well and am a Wise Watcher.