Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

Last Sunday was the Chautauqua county Christmas Bird Count. At 8 in the morning, six of us gathered at Audubon to see what birds we could find. This group consisted of myself and Leigh Rovegno, two ...

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 ...

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 ...

DETROIT, MI -- There’s something invigorating about a chilly night hike. The crunch of the snow beneath your boots, the whistle of the wind and the stillness of the night sky − but there might be a ...

Barred owls, native to the eastern United States, have expanded their range westward, competing for food and nesting sites and also killing screech owls for prey. While not federally endangered, the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — A once-injured Eastern Screech Owl is back in the wild Friday night after a long rehabilitation at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center in Roanoke. The tiny owl came to the ...

CENTRAL TEXAS (KXAN) — What a hoot! Central Texas photographer Dwayne Mann has been capturing on his blog the sights and sounds of eastern screech-owls living in his backyard, where they nest in ...