This medium-sized owl is indeed quite scarce, normally detected by a haunting, wavering hoot that emanates from the deepest, darkest corners of woods. Its owlets, meanwhile, are renowned for their ...

Forcing my way through a tangle of shrubs, I stopped and looked up to a wonderful surprise. From eye-level in a confiscated magpie nest 10 feet away, a female long-eared owl stared back at me.

A barred owl has 9,600 feathers. Barn owls have the best hearing of any animal. There are 250 documented owl species in the world, 19 in North America and eight in Northern Virginia. These are some of ...

Short-eared owls have stiff wingbeats and glide. They are often seen hunting in broad daylight and are regularly seen on the ...