When we do our routine activities at night we sometimes meet the wild creatures of the dark hours. Most are mammals. Few of them are birds, but owls are the exception. Six species occur regularly in ...

It’s March. This is when I find myself torn between clinging to winter and beginning to look for signs of spring, for the forest to begin to shake off its winter torpor. A time to look for breeding ...

Of all the bird sounds we hear in our region during winter, the call of the western screech owl may be the most bizarre. Despite the owl’s name, it doesn’t screech, nor does it go hoo-hoo-hoo. Instead ...

It’s now 2026, and the New Year arrived cold and windy. No doubt the cold and icy patches will be around for a long time. It was really cold last Sunday, when the annual Bethlehem/Easton Christmas ...

The western screech owl makes a call that doesn’t align with the bird’s name, sounding more like what local birder Nic Korte calls a “bouncing ball trill.” But while the little owl, which Korte says ...

There are at least 250 species of owls in the world, but only a few are more commonly seen (and heard) in Northern California and across the United States. The most common owls you’ll encounter in ...

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 ...

One group of birds simultaneously fascinates while remaining nearly unknown in practice: the owls. Owls are not uncommon in Marin. Many neighborhoods are home to great horned owls, screech and barn ...