There was much excitement this winter, among birders and photographers, over the sightings of a northern hawk owl on the wetlands. What captured my fancy was its face. In addition to some classy ...

A Our state is rich in owls. In early April, you have a chance of seeing 10 species of owls in Minnesota. Long-eared, short-eared, Northern saw-whet, snowy, great horned, great gray, barred, boreal, ...

Visitors to the Minnesota Raptor Center will have a new friendly face greeting them: a northern hawk owl.

Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...

Owls by their very nature of being nocturnal are hard to find and see. During the breeding season, they can be heard calling, but that is mostly at night, when the temperatures in February are often ...

Northland birding guide Judd Brink, in center standing on the grass, uses binoculars to watch an uncommon northern hawk owl in the Sax-Zim Bog north of Duluth on Monday as two of his birding clients ...

Before I tell you about my local owl viewing, let me share with you the Minnesota Ornithologists Union's web report on the current owl influx. As of Jan. 15 more than 1,700 great grays, 300 northern ...

Sometimes you know the answer before you ask the question. “Count me in,” was the enthusiastic and expected reply from my long-time friend Jim Hoyson when asked if he was interested in going on a road ...