Shoppers at an antique store in New York discovered an eastern screech owl sleeping on a shelf next to a chicken-shaped cookie jar.

Well, owl be damned! Shoppers discovered a live owl snoozing between trinkets for sale while perusing the shelves of an ...

NY State Department of Environmental Conservation said this species of owl is nocturnal and typically nests in tree cavities, "not store shelves." ...

The eastern screech-owl is a hole-nester that requires pre-existing holes of an adequate size. It cannot live where trees do not have a sufficient diameter to provide such holes. As the climate warms, ...

A live owl mistaken for a decoration was nearly sold at a New York antique shop before wildlife officers safely rescued the ...

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 ...

Winter is peak owl romance: Eastern screech owls court and pair-bond in February, making winter the best time to hear and spot them. Soft trills, not loud hoots: Unlike larger owls, screech owls ...

The birds that Levihn-Coon photographed were a mated pair near their nest, he said. One of the owls had a rare reddish-brown, or rufous, coloration. Typically, Eastern Screech Owls in Central Texas ...

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 ...

What Does an Eastern Screech-Owl Look Like? The eastern screech-owl has both a gray and a red morph. About a third of easterns end up with the rufous coloring. Look for heavy streaks below and darker ...

Holes in native trees attract several species of native birds, including Eastern Screech Owls. They always have nested in old woodpecker holes and storm-damaged cavities and now also in nest boxes.

The sound was unmistakable and led me outdoors to face the thick woods across the road. In the advancing twilight the sound pierced the darkness again, and then again. The ghostly mournful wail, best ...