Thanks for mentioning this! I do think that in these parts the Hatch Year and Second Year screechers took a heavy hit due to the very cold and snowy late winter. I’m surprised at how few I hear at night around my house. And checking some boxes further east of my location - nothing but cob-webs where in previous years there would be screech owls winter roosting.
There was an owl right near me when some genius decided it would keep away the rats in the park. I used to hear it late at night, very spooky to a city girl. Not a screech owl, though, or at least it didn’t sound like one.