On your mark, get set, glow! Screech’s Night Owl 5K and 1-mile fun walk, an evening glow run/walk in support of Harford Community College student athletes, will take place on Friday at 7 p.m. All ages ...

Q: I would really like to see a screech owl, but I never have. What’s the best way to locate one of these owls? A: These small owls are described as “common” but are notoriously challenging to spot ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We were sitting outside on a cool fall evening enjoying the beautiful night sky when we heard a series of short, whistled notes that accelerated at the end. Looking at a nearby juniper, we spied a ...

In an old abandoned house we hear spooky, eerie, ghostlike wailing - haunting voices that move through walls and suddenly emerge from a different room. But wait! Halloween has come and gone, or are ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- This morning, I was on the hunt to find this pint-sized screech owl, which sleeps during the day in a hallowed tree, peeking only his ears and eyes out as he rests. At night, he ...

The birds that Levihn-Coon photographed were a mated pair near their nest, he said. One of the owls had a rare reddish-brown, or rufous, coloration. Typically, Eastern Screech Owls in Central Texas ...

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 ...

DALLAS — You could say a North Texas bird rescue group gave a hoot when they recently rescued a screech owl that’d gotten stuck in a basketball post. A homeowner called Blackland Prairie Raptor Center ...