Great horned owls have always symbolized wisdom, knowledge, and the afterlife. In the wild, they are fierce predators and even fiercer protectors of their young, and this maternal owl in the below ...

Q:My son and I are fascinated by owls and would really like to see more of them. What owls might we see in the metro area and where should we look for them? A: Two things clue us in that an owl is in ...

The hooting of a great horned owl is an instantly recognizable sound and always sends shivers traveling along the spine. The after-dark calls of this large predatory bird also got me to thinking about ...

Blood-curdling sounds will startle some sleeping Corridor humans awake this winter. The noise may be terrifying but it is only an owl calling from a treetop. Two common large owl species live in urban ...

This time of year I get a lot of emails and texts from people reporting they hear an owl hooting outside their windows at night. While many enjoy the sound, others complain they can’t sleep. Either ...

A sudden intake of breath, a moment of stunned attention. This is how most of us react when we encounter a great horned owl. If the owl is looking at us, those big yellow eyes seem to bore right into ...

It was well north of 3 a.m. when the soft hooting of a distant great horned owl pulled me from the gentle arms of Morpheus, that mythological god of sleep and dreams. In the heat and stillness of the ...

A great horned owl uttered its low series of hoots, awakening me from sleep. Another one, with a slightly higher pitch, entered the conversation. It was Halloween past, just a few minutes before ...

They start at the 11th hour of the night, or in the wee hours of the morning, with a basso song that reverberates through the bedroom window. “Who’s-awake? Me-too,” sounds the call. A pair of great ...

One of the most impromptu, exciting nature experiences that played right outside my home occurred on Halloween just before midnight. I awoke to one, then two, then three, then four great horned owls ...

When workers began pouring concrete at a resort construction site in southwestern Utah, they were met with a surprise: A great horned owl appeared in the slurry as it emptied from the truck, its body ...