My love affair with owls bloomed slowly. In fact, until recently, they terrified me—I wanted to be nowhere near their hooked beaks, sharp talons and wide eyes. My phobia peaked when I shared a ...

A great horned owl fledgling was seen at Sacramento State late February. Experts at Sac State and the Wildlife Care Association say it’s not uncommon to see these types of birds in the wild during the ...

In my last column, I mentioned a just-for-fun goal of seeing or hearing 25 bird species in my yard in 2024 before the first day of spring. I came up just short, and one unexpected miss was Great ...

Do you know that approximately 1,000 local or native owls call San Diego County home? Of the 19 owl species in North America, seven of them live in San Diego. Most common in our neighborhoods are the ...

An owl with the word "barn" in its name would seem to imply that this bird would be a common inhabitant of the agricultural Midwest. But due to loss of foraging and nesting habitat and the widespread ...

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 ...

An eastern Screech Owl emerges to a perch to await final nightfall to begin its hunting (Getty Images) This owl is one of the most common owl species that inhabits Virginia. The Eastern Screech Owl is ...