The Northern hawk-owl is an owl, but doesn't exactly fit the owl mold. One of these little understood creatures has been seen just north of Hutchinson, Minn. This is a noteworthy southerly visit ...

If a hawk or owl nests in your yard, keep pets indoors until the eggs hatch and the babies leave the nest, at which point you may remove the nest. A flashlight can also be used to shoo owls.

Q:I’m a big owl fan and have seen several kinds, especially the great horned owl. But I wonder: Why I don’t ever see short-eared owls? A:These tawny owls with their dramatically outlined eyes spend ...

Sports; Outdoors; Northern hawk owl visiting Moscow reported dead Thu., Jan. 16, 2014 A northern hawk owl was hanging out near Moscow, Idaho, in December 2013. (Terry Gray ...

As the northern hawk owl's name implies, it looks quite hawkish. That's because owls and hawks are closely related, Devokaitis said. However, it's unclear whether the common ancestor they shared ...

The still image of the northern hawk owl was made from a distance of about 350 yards, “so a huge crop and not a very good image,” Munson said. But he got it — a photo of a very shy rare bird ...

Hawk owls can locate and capture prey by sound (e.g., under snow), but much of their hunting is done by sight. They love to sit on a high perch, ...

HORICON — The Horicon Marsh Bird Club welcomes Hannah Toutonghi of the University of Minnesota Duluth, Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, to its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium ...

Northern Hawk Owls are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Act. They're also hardly ever seen outside Canada and Alaska. "Even the most common owls are rare and difficult to find.

What captured my fancy was its face. In addition to some classy plumage markings, hawk owls have a facial ruff or facial disc. So do many other owls, but not all.

Spitting feathers: Owl in dramatic mid-air battle with hawk that landed too near its nest. After watching a hungry hawk circle for food the barred owl launched itself towards its rival when it perched ...

IF you can spot the owl hiding in the image below in ten seconds, you might have the eyes of a hawk. The owl is very well-hidden, blending into its surroundings quite easily to create an optical il… ...