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

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 ...

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 ...

Eastern Screech Owls come in two phases: gray and red. Each has highly patterned feathers which give them fantastic camouflage. Last Sunday was the Chautauqua county Christmas Bird Count. At 8 in the ...

It’s March. This is when I find myself torn between clinging to winter and beginning to look for signs of spring, for the forest to begin to shake off its winter torpor. A time to look for breeding ...

Have you ever been on an owl prowl? It’s a nighttime hike in the woods where you listen for the calls, shrieks and whistles of owls to help you get a glimpse of them. Holleback is Riveredge's Citizen ...

And frights the School-boy from his play. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Precision formations of Canada geese and ragged skeins of snow geese riding the turbulence of a northern gale skedaddled across ...

As the snows linger, an eerie trill can echo across a cloudy night, for in late winter an eastern screech owl's thoughts turn to love. Its distinctive whinnies and whistles are the first notes of the ...