The sound was unmistakable and led me outdoors to face the thick woods across the road. In the advancing twilight the sound pierced the darkness again, and then again. The ghostly mournful wail, best ...

Winter is peak owl romance: Eastern screech owls court and pair-bond in February, making winter the best time to hear and spot them. Soft trills, not loud hoots: Unlike larger owls, screech owls ...

It’s now 2026, and the New Year arrived cold and windy. No doubt the cold and icy patches will be around for a long time. It was really cold last Sunday, when the annual Bethlehem/Easton Christmas ...

Somewhere not far from you sits Ohio’s most common avian predator. But chances are that most readers have never seen one. You might have heard its calls: eerie descending whistles, perhaps reminiscent ...

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 ...

A walk in one of the metro area's big river parks can produce an eerie feeling, the sense that there's another being in the woods, specifically, an owl. A good stand of woods often harbors a great ...

Humans aren’t the only ones with romance on their minds in February. This is the month when many species of owls, including the eastern screech owl, embark on their pair-bonding and courtship rituals.