On the chilly morning of Dec. 5, Alex Patton headed into a coffee shop in Utica. On his way out, he glanced across the nearby stream and noticed the bird in the accompanying photo. Sharp-eyed Patton ...

Owls by their very nature of being nocturnal are hard to find and see. During the breeding season, they can be heard calling, but that is mostly at night, when the temperatures in February are often ...

The sound was unmistakable and led me outdoors to face the thick woods across the road. In the advancing twilight the sound pierced the darkness again, and then again. The ghostly mournful wail, best ...

When we do our routine activities at night we sometimes meet the wild creatures of the dark hours. Most are mammals. Few of them are birds, but owls are the exception. Six species occur regularly in ...

A seventh-grade Arkansas Virtual Academy student captured his winning image, “The Screech Owl,” at the Forrest L. Wood ...

Q. Why are they called screech owls when the only sound I’ve ever heard them make are warbling noises that remind me of musical Morse code? A. I was able to answer this question a few years ago during ...

A group of live webcams documented a pair of Eastern screech owls in Murrysville preying on a Northern cardinal at a feeder and plucking a mother bluebird from a nest box within the past week.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A young screech owl is now on the mend while learning how to navigate being an owl, and the Leander community is ensuring his recovery. “Hootie Hoot” was found on a citizen’s front ...

ALLOUEZ - My gardens are giving untamed jungle vibes this year, and while unrelenting rain has something to do with it, so does the fact that I find myself always looking up when I should be looking ...