The great horned owl is the most common owl of the Americas, easily recognizable because of the feather tufts on its head. These “plumicorns” resemble horns or, to some, catlike ears.
Ahead of the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center's annual Owl Prowl on Feb. 21, here are some facts about these fascinating ...
Imagine being outside 24 hours a day, in January, in Minnesota. Imagine being an accomplished hunter, capable of caching extra food to get you through hard times. Then imagine having no source of ...
I hear the faint reply of a second great horned. My heart is happy. When you see an owl, you’ll have no problem identifying ...
especially the great horned owl. But I wonder: Why I don’t ever see short-eared owls? A: These tawny owls with their dramatically outlined eyes spend their time in wide open spaces in their ...
A great horned owl found dead in Cary tested positive for bird flu after a resident reported seeing multiple bird carcasses ...
At this time of year, I get a lot of emails and texts from people reporting they are hearing an owl hooting outside their windows at night. While many enjoy the sound, others complain they ...
On Friday, Dec. 20, an Oregon State Police sergeant from the Albany Patrol Office found a great-horned owl on the shoulder ... and was missing an eye, OSP said. "We don't know how he lost his ...
Murray Zelt was enjoying photographing a northern pygmy owl hunting a vole near 100 Mile House in B.C.'s Cariboo, about 500 kilometres north of Vancouver, when he watched the tiny raptor get hit by a ...