A nonprofit science group has discovered a great deal about the species over the past decade, but the irruption shows that ...

Irruptions happen when young snowy owls, pushed out by older, dominant birds in the Arctic, travel farther south in search of ...

Even when the winter countryside is green, local birdwatchers report that it can get snowy along Lake Ontario. Nearly every ...

If you are a birder, a fan of Harry Potter, or simply love seeing cool natural phenomena in unexpected places, then you’re going to want to pay attention. Snowy owls are flocking to the northern U.S.

Answer: Yes, the most common one is that of the great gray owl, which may live year-round in the northern part of Minnesota.

There's a chance of snow in parts of Wisconsin this week. But the season's first gifts of the Arctic, documented and true, are already in the state. Four snowy owls have been seen and photographed in ...

It's been cold and snowy in Ohio lately, but has it been cold enough for a bird more commonly found in the arctic to be seen? Apparently so, since a snowy owl—a rare visitor to the Buckeye State—has ...

When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The ...

I’d been making plans since I first heard the snowy owls landed on Lake Michigan’s shore, but many things postponed our search.

Pair of snowy owls found in Chicago being protected by park district His job renting kayaks to paddlers on the Chicago River got Cass Cwik into birdwatching. He’d see great blue, green and ...

DUXBURY — Harry Li is not moving. It doesn’t matter that the temperature is 19 degrees, the wind is whipping at 20 miles per hour, and the wind chill is 4 degrees. Li wants to get the Holy Grail of ...

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