It was well north of 3 a.m. when the soft hooting of a distant great horned owl pulled me from the gentle arms of Morpheus, that mythological god of sleep and dreams. In the heat and stillness of the ...

Imagine walking out your front door, in the dead of a winter’s night, and hearing a soft, low sound coming from a nearby tree. It’s dark, so you can’t see what it is. The telltale “hooting” reveals ...

Big owls, little owls, white owls, dark owls, owls with "ears," awww-cute owls — there's plenty to see in the trees. If you're an owl fan (and who isn't?), then you'll be happy to know that it's ...

One evening last week I was serenaded by a screech owl. It reminded me how much I appreciate their call, something that could ...

DEAR JOAN: We live in an urban area of San Jose, and sometimes at night hear the hooting of an owl of some sort. Recently we heard that repeated hooting, but interspersed with a call that I can only ...