It is also the owl most likely to be seen hunting in daylight. Owls rely heavily on sound to find their prey. The circular facial disc of the short-eared owl acts like a dish receiver, capturing sound ...

Fun fact: Almost all owls have eyes that are proportionately large to their heads for increased visibility during low-light hours, but the Great Gray Owl's peepers are especially big—roughly the size ...

Fluid in flight and perplexingly wide-ranging, the short-eared owl is a singular figure in the family — and a figure of ...

Standing on a country road in the middle of a reclaimed strip mine — Bear Run Mine in Sullivan County — we patiently await sundown for the show of short-eared owls. A colorful, lone coyote is spotted ...

A short-eared owl sits on a piece of driftwood Thursday off Rawlins Road west of the saltwater dike off Skagit Bay on Fir Island. The raptor was hunting rodents with three other observed owls. In the ...

Ohio’s six species of regularly occurring owls are generally much easier to hear than see. The big three in central Ohio are the barred owl, eastern screech owl and great horned owl. While barred owls ...

GENESEO, N.Y. -- State environmental conservation officers recently conducted a unique detail in a Western New York rural area to protect a species of endangered owls wintering there – and in the ...