Want to have an owl nest in your backyard? It's time to start to thinking about building a nesting box for your backyard. Surprisingly, winter is the best time to put up an owl nesting box. You could ...

While any time of year is good to put up an owl box, "winter is the optimal time," according to state ornithologist Allisyn-Marie Gillet. "This is a great time of year since owls are looking for ...

Birders searching for owls to photograph or observe often start at dusk, hoping to find them during their active times at ...

In my last column, I mentioned a just-for-fun goal of seeing or hearing 25 bird species in my yard in 2024 before the first day of spring. I came up just short, and one unexpected miss was Great ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A baby screech owl had to be rescued after it left its home before it was ready. On Tuesday, a Cheektowaga resident was having work done on their house, when one of the workers ...

Eastern Screech Owls come in two phases: gray and red. Each has highly patterned feathers which give them fantastic camouflage. Last Sunday was the Chautauqua county Christmas Bird Count. At 8 in the ...

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 ...

After examination, rescuers said the baby was still too young to make it on its own in the wild. Junaid Khan on Unsplash While working on a house in Cheektowaga, New York, on July 16, someone noticed ...

There are a few more Eastern screech owls flying around the woods near Traverse City. Earlier this month, volunteers from North Sky Raptor Sanctuary released nine baby screech owls that had been in ...

Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes for an owl? Who? Who? Who? One of the best ways to do that is to build an owl nesting box, and it's easier than you might ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2023. Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes for an owl? Who? Who? Who? One of the best ways to do that is to ...