In an old abandoned house we hear spooky, eerie, ghostlike wailing - haunting voices that move through walls and suddenly emerge from a different room. But wait! Halloween has come and gone, or are ...

Many people enjoy birding, looking for wild birds that either nest in our area or migrate through in spring and fall. For ...

The screech owl is Florida’s smallest owl, according to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Utility worker Josh Hamel called animal services after making the ...

We are amused each winter by this 12 inch high screech owl. It is amazing to watch his or her habits. They wait for the right time of late afternoon to make their flight out for the night. We take ...

When we do our routine activities at night we sometimes meet the wild creatures of the dark hours. Most are mammals. Few of them are birds, but owls are the exception. Six species occur regularly in ...

Eastern screech owls are famous for searching for a comfortable spot in mid-winter and choosing a chimney for its safety from winter storms. You often hear the muffled scratching as he works his way ...

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 ...

While working on a house in Cheektowaga, New York, on July 16, someone noticed a baby screech owl sitting on the driveway. The infant was alive but not moving, WGRZ reported. After a call from the ...

Q: I would really like to see a screech owl, but I never have. What’s the best way to locate one of these owls? A: These small owls are described as “common” but are notoriously challenging to spot ...

People have asked me about owls appearing in the houses of wood ducks. Eastern screech-owls are the ones that will roost and nest in wood duck and other larger wooden nest boxes, such as a flicker ...