It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

Collin County game wardens conducted an undercover sting and cited people who were trying to sell a bird of prey online. Authorities in Van Zandt County tipped wardens off to an ad on Craigslist for a ...

will release two Western screech owls cared for by veterinarians after both were injured. The society, in Northwest Portland, will release both owls, one adult and one juvenile, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, ...

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 ...

There was a rescue downtown Wednesday — but it wasn’t your run-of-the-mill rescue. A juvenile screech owl, estimated to be just a few months old, sat injured outside the Schenectady County Public ...

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 their ...

Want to have an owl nest in your backyard? It's time to start to thinking about building a nesting box for your backyard. Surprisingly, winter is the best time to put up an owl nesting box. You could ...

Though common and widespread, it is rarely seen. More often it is heard. I’m speaking of the Western Screech Owl, the Coachella Valley’s smallest owl. Standing only eight inches tall and weighing in ...

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 ...