It’s dusk, and you’re outside taking down the last of the Christmas decorations. Suddenly, you hear what sounds like a ping-pong ball that just got dropped. It starts out slow, accelerates in tempo ...

Last week, I talked about the birds that nest in early spring. I talked about the screech owls and bluebirds that start searching for nesting sites in March. Many take to nesting cavities in trees.

On the chilly morning of Dec. 5, Alex Patton headed into a coffee shop in Utica. On his way out, he glanced across the nearby stream and noticed the bird in the accompanying photo. Sharp-eyed Patton ...

Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...

Observers say the western screech owl is down to just a few birds, mainly due to habitat loss and predation by its larger ...

It’s good to have a goal ― even if it’s screeching like a seagull. And that was the aim of the Fifth Annual European Gull Screeching Championship, which attracted 60 seagull soundalikes from 14 ...