Autumn’s north winds, cold temperatures, and long dark nights are what northern saw-whet owl banders dream about. Like many other bird species, northern saw-whet owls begin their southern migration to ...

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 riparian ...

After rehabilitation, a biologist placed a tracking band on the owl’s tiny leg so it can be identified if injured in the ...

Lots of interesting and little-known creatures emerge under cover of darkness. Some of them are human, but most are not. Perhaps foremost in piquing human interest about animals that ply their trade ...

A rare seasonal visitor to Missouri is recovering at the World Bird Sanctuary after being hit by a car. One of the smallest owl species in North America, was admitted to its hospital after a ...

When Apple Valley Animal Shelter staff rescued a tiny owl that had flown into the window of a local business, they thought they were dealing with a creature common to the Mojave Desert. In a July 19 ...

The northern saw-whet owl is one of the smallest owls in North America. In Nebraska, breeding has been documented in the Pine Ridge and Wildcat Hills and is suspected in the middle Niobrara River ...

The Berkshire Bird Observatory (BBO) brings groups of visitors into the woods to witness the secretive northern saw-whet owls that the organization captures in large ‘mist nets’ set up at Jug End ...

It was a cold winter’s night and my beautiful wife Susan and I were watching movies. There was a fire crackling in the wood stove, we were enjoying good food and drink and we were both all snoodled up ...