The Northern Saw-whet Owl is the only local owl I’ve never seen, but just knowing this cool-looking owl is out there is good enough. At night they keep busy hunting in conifer forest and ...

Barred owls work well in suburbia and park settings, with clear paths to swoop down on unsuspecting rats and squirrels.

our largest owl is the great horned owl, and it tapes out at nearly 2 feet in length with a 4-foot wingspan and body weight of 3 pounds. Northern saw-whet owls are incredible nocturnal hunting ...

If I schedule an owl hike, all the owls will be in ... When I sent the trail leaders out, I told them to play the saw-whet's calls on their phones and see if they got a response.

which may accelerate research on the movements of other owl species as well. Saw-whet owls are roughly the size of a human hand. They are difficult to detect at roost sites, given their fondness ...

Scott Weidensaul coordinates efforts in Pennsylvania. Targeted owl surveys carried out for the second Atlas (2004-09) found saw-whets in 6% of the blocks. This demonstrated that this tiny owl’s ...

The northern saw-whet owl got its claim to fame in 2020 when it ... For this research, nets are put out at night with different calls to help attract these owls—a male mating call to draw ...

New York State Parks mechanic Danny Games showed us the concrete distribution blocks near the Gideon garage in Saratoga Spa State Park where he saw something ... and got the owl out.