The great horned owl is the most common owl of the Americas ... but most live permanently in more temperate climes. The birds nest in tree holes, stumps, caves, or in the abandoned nests of ...

A barred owl made quite a stir in Arlington, Virginia, over the Christmas holiday. The bird evidently was playing Santa Claus ...

Screech owls are relatively common in a variety of wooded situations, including town parks and residential neighborhoods, but ...

This time of year I get a lot of emails and texts from people reporting they hear an owl hooting outside their windows at night. While many enjoy the sound, others complain they can’t sleep.

Jim focused his binoculars on a great horned owl ... “This owl had suffered some traumatic injuries after being tangled in fishing line and hanging from a tree for an unknown amount of time ...

They nest in tree cavities, old bird-of-prey nests ... grazing has devastated the rare and invaluable riparian forests of the Southwest. Finally, great horned owl predation, low reproductive success, ...

Like ghosts, barn owls are white for a reason. Unlike the great horned owl that scans for prey while perched high in a tree, the barn owl hunts mostly by flying low over open ground. As it turns ...

Either way, the chances are a great horned owl is the culprit ... but settle for a slight depression or cavity in a tree for nesting. Shortly after mating, the female lays two round white eggs.

Jim focused his binoculars on a great horned owl ... The owl, though, had to be euthanized because of its injuries. “This owl had suffered some traumatic injuries after being tangled in fishing line ...