Lexie Echols received an urgent call from her sister-in-law in late May. Driving through green pastures southeast of Corvallis, something had caught her attention. A barn owl was trapped on a barbed ...

When most people think of a pet, they consider the usual array of creatures, like dogs, cats, or fish. A few like small rodents like rats or guinea pigs. Some folks are into reptiles. And then, of ...

My name is Leah Schreiner. I like the owl in Eagle Town Park. I don’t think the owl is scary. I don’t think it scares too many other people. Also, the owl has a name and it is Woodsy the Owl. And also ...

Some nights are predestined to be mysterious and frightening. On such nights, we are alone in a park, forest, vaulted cellar, warehouse, or big old house, perhaps a castle. It’s so dark that we can ...

This avian affiliation comes much to the chagrin of merchants and customers, who are disappointed that the city s plan to erect an ominous 18-inch owl to scare pesky birds away seems to have backfired ...

These medium-sized owls have long, rounded wings and short tails, which combine with a buoyant, loping flight to give them a distinctive flight style. The legs are long and the head is smoothly ...