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 ...

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 ...

Did you know? Eight different species of owls reside in Northeast Ohio throughout the year. Three of the most common include the Great Horned Owl, the Barred Owl and the Eastern Screech-Owl. You can ...

Of all the bird sounds we hear in our region during winter, the call of the western screech owl may be the most bizarre. Despite the owl’s name, it doesn’t screech, nor does it go hoo-hoo-hoo. Instead ...

During a recent stay in the mountains of Big Bend National Park, my wife, Kathy, and I drove to the historic desert oasis called Dugout Wells one evening. We needed to get there before nightfall to ...

"It sounded like a woman was being murdered!" How many times I've heard people describe a sound in the night with that exact phrase, well, I can't even guess at the number. I've even heard it myself.