If you've never heard a barn owl screech, you may not realize just how loud they can be. In a room full of volunteers and conservation officials, the fledglings inside a Bois D'Arc Conservation Area ...

On silent wings, owls fly at night, whether in the open or through deep woods. They are seldom active during the day. Their large eyes face forward, allowing them to have binocular vision. This ...

Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...

While participating in the White River Christmas Bird Count near St. Charles on Jan. 5, I was reminded just how exciting it is to see an owl. My son Zach and friends Lewis and Shannon Peeler of ...

Between being primarily nocturnal and very well camouflaged, owls are not often seen. Reliable estimates of populations of most species don’t exist. For some of the especially secretive species, their ...

Spotting an owl glide through the treetops is a thrilling experience, its silhouette a shadow against the twilight sky. A hallmark of owls is their completely silent flight. But when they do make ...