Barn owls, in particular, are on another level. Known for their pale heart-shaped face and shrill calls, these fascinating ...

In flight a barn owl is silent, the look pale and their blunt head, short tail, and broad and round-tipped wings are visible. Their wingbeats are jerky and stiff. The glide and hover — their legs ...

Ghouls and goblins are figments of the imagination, but a very real flying creature can swoop from the air to flog or frighten us at any time of the day or night. Of all the Halloween “boo birds,” the ...

These medium-sized owls have long, rounded wings and short tails, which combine with a buoyant, loping flight to give them a distinctive flight style. The legs are long and the head is smoothly ...

A couple of readers have asked about barn owls recently – and there was one seen near Broadbottom last week — so please let me know where and when you last saw one of these enigmatic birds. The barn ...

A ghostly figure bursts out of the church belfry, utters an unearthly shriek, and glides silently off over the fields. Are Halloween spirits abroad? Did you just see a ghost? No, you were fortunate to ...

POWELL, Ohio — He has cataracts in one eye and one wing is still gimpy from where a chainsaw hacked part of it off when he was an owlet. Despite his age, the gaze from his good eye is still sharp and ...