It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

Several readers have phoned with reports of “eerie, whistling sounds” coming from their neighborhoods in the past week or so. My step-daughter also heard it last weekend, from the woodlot behind my ...

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Though common and widespread, it is rarely seen. More often it is heard. I’m speaking of the Western Screech Owl, the Coachella Valley’s smallest owl. Standing only eight inches tall and weighing in ...

Q. Why are they called screech owls when the only sound I’ve ever heard them make are warbling noises that remind me of musical Morse code? A. I was able to answer this question a few years ago during ...

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 ...

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 stream and noticed the bird in the accompanying photo. Sharp-eyed Patton ...

“We always enjoy your outdoor articles in The Morning Call and we’re hoping you would consider an article on owls,” write Susan and Charlie Wismer of Coopersburg. The e-mail went on to explain that a ...