It was a magical time in my backyard for two weeks this past summer. One August morning I walked out the back door just at dawn to meet a friend for a “beat the heat” walk, when suddenly two birds ...

For Nic Korte, the Christmas Bird Count is an annual ritual. Every year around the Grand Valley during the Christmas season, it’s time to count the number of western screeching owls. Korte, who works ...

People have asked me about owls appearing in the houses of wood ducks. Eastern screech-owls are the ones that will roost and nest in wood duck and other larger wooden nest boxes, such as a flicker ...

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 ...

Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...

We have a new favorite animal. His name is Bobo and he’s beyond cute. The screech owl was recently rescued from a cut tree by The Reptile Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And now people are praising ...

The Amazon rainforest is teeming with creatures unknown to science--and that's just in broad daylight. After dark, the forest is a whole new place, alive with nocturnal animals that have remained even ...

New study led by the University of Helsinki supports the recognition of new species of South American owls, two of them, Xingu Screech Owl and Alagoas Screech Owl, described for the first time. In ...