DONNELLY FLATS — Po-po-po-po-po-po came the rapidly repeated low whistling. I recognized the sound immediately — the call of a northern boreal owl. These tiny Alaska owls begin calling now and their ...

A good friend recently sent me the link to an article entitled Birds are ‘winged words.' She knew I would love this read and I think Karrie will enjoy my article (and thoughts) on the barred owl, a ...

The owls are late. Oscar Vaz leans against his car, parked at the edge of a field in northeastern Travis County, and scans the landscape through binoculars. Somewhere, in the brush that’s turning from ...

The short-eared owl is a wide-ranging species appearing on five continents, the exceptions being Australia and Antarctica. In North America, the short-eared owl winters across the southern half of the ...

Meet Cricket the Barn Owl and why it’s important to ask trusted adults for help with big feelings. Meet Cricket the Barn Owl and learn why it’s important to ask trusted adults for help with big ...

I talked with someone recently who had just returned from Brazil. His destination once there: a vast marshy wilderness called The Pantanal. I’ve been to this place. As the world’s largest wetland, it ...

The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) is the only large North American owl with ear tufts that are commonly referred to as "horns." With a wingspan often measuring 55 inches the great horned owl is ...

Horned. Screech. Barn. Snowy. Owls are amazing and wonderful and bizarre. They can rotate their heads 270 degrees, their ears are usually asymmetrical, their eyeballs aren’t actually eyeballs, and ...

When birds are making a commotion, I always follow the sounds to the source, because it usually leads to a hidden raptor. One day this mobbing behavior led me to a fierce little owl, gripping a tree ...