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 ...

A screech-owl measures 8-1/2 inches long ... As they lose habitat to development, these owls need friendly places to call home. Both the eastern and western owls use nesting boxes.

The goggle-eyed Cuban screech owl gets its other common name, bare-legged owl, from its featherless lower appendages. While most of the world’s more than 200 owl species wear feathers down to ...

A sign overlooking the scenic bluffs of the Root Valley in southeastern Minnesota identifies Houston, a small town that goes ...

WAYNESBORO, Pa. — Buttonwood Nature Center is hosting an "owl prowl" along its trails at 10356 Amsterdam Road in Waynesboro.

The large northwest subspecies max­welliae is the palest and most faintly marked. The western screech owl’s bill is blackish or dark gray at the base, but gray-plumaged individuals are ...

THE ‘hill hooter’, ‘screech owl’, ‘ivy owl’ or ‘wood owl’ – these are some of the nicknames this British owl has gained.

Visitors to the annual two-day event can learn about those unique birds of prey, see some up close and build a nest box for ...

“If you first call a large owl and a small owl is nearby, the small owl will remain quiet so it doesn’t get eaten.” Screech owls have two main calls, a higher call and a lower one. Sean ...

Once believed to be a threatened species in Pennsylvania, saw-whets are actually more common than previously thought.

call of a barred owl was heard close to our position. Barred owls are known predators of both screech and saw-whet owls. Because of that, Fedak directed that we do a quick check of the nets to ...