Eastern screech owls are strictly nocturnal, which makes the sight of them during the day all that more special.

A tiny screech owl is back home on Back Road in Randolph County. While driving home after dark on Oct. 19, concerned ...

The goggle-eyed Cuban screech owl gets its other common name, bare-legged owl, from its featherless lower appendages. While most of the world’s more than 200 owl species wear feathers down to ...

Last Sunday was the Chautauqua county Christmas Bird Count. At 8 in the morning, six of us gathered at Audubon to see what ...

The large northwest subspecies max­welliae is the palest and most faintly marked. The western screech owl’s bill is blackish or dark gray at the base, but gray-plumaged individuals are ...

Ecologist Carl Safina got to know an injured baby screech owl well. Their relationship saved the owl’s life and gave Safina insider’s wisdom about these aerial hunters of the night.

They are the snowy owl, great horned Owl, Eastern screech owl, Northern saw-whet owl, barred owl, barn owl, long-eared owl, and short-eared Owl. A nesting box isn't right for every owl.

The last is the Eastern screech owl, which is a much smaller bird, short and stocky. Natural cavities in trees are in high demand, Gillet said. Not only do owls use these spaces, but so do other ...