This time of year I get a lot of emails and texts from people reporting they hear an owl hooting outside their windows at night. While many enjoy the sound, others complain they can’t sleep.

The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus ... it would not be able to track prey during the approach flight. So, if an owl is hooting in your backyard this year, try to enjoy it with the knowledge ...

"They’re both great horned owls," said Stephen Rice ... a Friends of Roberts Bird Sanctuary board member. "There’s the hooting and the puffing up the feathers and the bowing." ...

Owls can be easier to spot in wintertime: great horned owls start hooting and nesting while we’re still in winter’s grip, and barred owls aren’t far behind. And an elusive screech owl may turn up at ...

Owls can be easier to spot in wintertime: great horned owls start hooting and nesting while we’re still in winter’s grip, and barred owls aren’t far behind. And an elusive screech owl may turn up at ...

PENTICTON - You don’t often see them since they are most active at night, but if you live near them, you’ve likely heard their familiar calls through the Okanagan’s warm summer nights.

I have had a lot of questions about number of “hoot” owls keeping people awake at night. Folks, it is now the time for the Great-horned owls to announce their availability to others and they ...

Great-horned owls that had been hooting consistently for several nights were silent tonight. Other than the tree cracking, there was no sound beyond the beating of my own heart and the sounds of ...

The great horned owl is a formidable predator known for its tufted “horns,” which are actually feathers, and its deep hooting call. Found throughout Pennsylvania, these nocturnal birds of prey have ...

Screech owls are relatively common in a variety of wooded situations, including town parks and residential neighborhoods, but ...