Owl Species Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species ...

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There are at least 250 species of owls in the world, but only a few are more commonly seen (and heard) in Northern California and across the United States. The most common owls you’ll encounter in ...

The newest unlikely Internet sensation is a pair of barnyard owls. They're not singing "I Will Always Love You" or "I Dreamed a Dream." They're simply doing what owls ...

An owl’s head does not, in fact, turn a full 360 degrees. Its ear holes are lopsided in order to better pinpoint sound and locate prey. And, on some species, feathers glow under ultraviolet light.

Owls are more often heard than seen. In New York, there are eight species of these interesting raptors, with the majority most active at night. Some live here year-round, some are migratory. They ...

Hoot Owl Creek is a small tributary of the Russian River in Alexander Valley, northeast of Healdsburg. Presumably, you can sometimes hear the calling of owls there. A “hoot owl” can be one of several ...

DEAR JOAN: I have a question about owls. Every morning about 5 a.m., an owl roosts in my redwood tree and hoots for at least 20 minutes. I think this is very cool but have questions regarding this ...

I heard a barred owl hooting one night in the woods that surround my house. A few nights later, I heard a great horned owl, with a different, descending pattern of hoots. What I heard was probably ...

What better way to take the cure for cabin fever than get outside and listen to hooting owls on a cold winter night? That’s what drew us last weekend to Jerry Hightower’s “Owl Prowl” at the ...