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 for ...

A northern hawk owl, a species rarely seen in the Inland Northwest, was reported dead on tribal lands near the Okanogan River last week after it had attracted scores of birdwatchers from as far away ...

WATERBURY – Scanning the snowy meadow sloping down from Vermont 100, it was at first difficult to see the bird that has brought hundreds of admirers to this spot for two months. Then a small, dark ...

A rare visitor — even more rare than the snowy owl — has showed up in Charlevoix County. A northern hawk owl has taken up residence in a swampy area just north of the town of Charlevoix, said Darrell ...

On a fine, sunny day in February (yes, there were a few of those!), a friend and I decided to snowshoe on the Lower Loop at Eaglecrest. The snow was very deep, after those heavy snowfalls earlier, but ...

This winter is for the birds — or more specifically, for birds of prey. I’ve seen a greater variety of raptors during the last few weeks than I did all summer. Many raptors are over-wintering here, ...

Owls, like most creatures, “sometimes just hit the road and go,” said raptor expert Erik Stauber, a retired wildlife veterinary professor from Washington State University. So when he spotted an odd ...

Visitors to the Minnesota Raptor Center will have a new friendly face greeting them: a northern hawk owl. The latest ambassador of the Raptor Center is a female, born in captivity and given to the ...

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A great horned owl and a juvenile hawk were both rescued by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) in Colorado Springs on Wednesday morning, July 17. According to CPW, a juvenile hawk ...