Owl News Articles Index - Page 14

'Snowy' Christmas in Greene By Alex Carrier, 2008-12-11
While all anxiously await Santa's visit, it is an unexpected Artic guest that has hotlines and list serves across Virginia buzzing. Five days of confirmed reports and photos prove Greene County has a resident snowy owl. First captured on camera in Ruckersville, this bird has been followed about t...

Snowy Owl - A Marine Species? 2008-12-10
Wildlife satellite studies could lead to a radical re-thinking about how the snowy owl fits into the Northern ecosystem. "Six of the adult females that we followed in a satellite study spent most of last winter far out on the Arctic sea ice," said Université Laval doctoral student Jean-Fr...

Walkies a hoot for owl lady Sharon 2008-12-09, 1 comment
Most people walk their dogs or perhaps even their cat but Sharon Carrington attracts more attention than most when she walks around Shrewsbury with her pets. Sharon, 44, can often be seen with one of her pet owls on her shoulder and sometimes another on her hand. Known as the owl lady of...

Northern owl spends time in South By Katherine Bouma, 2008-12-04
CLAY - The saw-whet owl has had the birding world fooled since the beginning of American records, which show that the bird can be found only in the northern United States and Canada. It was known to migrate over other parts of the continent, but never as far south as Alabama. But since Oct...

Owl's well that ends well By Shannon Vanraes, 2008-12-04
Students at Acadia Junior High School had a hoot yesterday watching a great horned owl being released back into the wild after spending about a month in rehabilitation. The predator scored big with students after becoming entangled in a soccer net at the school this September while hunting ...

Rescued snowy owl recovering nicely By Tom Buckham, 2008-12-03
For snowy owls, Western New York in winter is paradise - a destination spa with far milder weather than northern Canada, where they spend the rest of the year, and with plenty of delicacies like field mice to feed on. But one young owl recently went too far in search of warmth or prey, or bot...

The spotted owl disappearing act By Kim Murphy, 2008-12-02
Port Angeles, Wash. - Scott Gremel makes his way swiftly and surely up the steep trail, across a frigid stream, through the colossal stands of hemlock and Douglas fir. On the ridgeline, thousands of feet above where he left his truck on the valley floor, Gremel points the antenna on his tra...

Owls Find Homes In Webster, Kirkwood By Marty Harris, 2008-11-28
Owls have been reported in the Webster-Kirkwood area to the delight of most local folks who have seen them. In the East Swon/Plant neighborhood of Webster Groves, possibly two barred owls have been sighted since August or September, according to Cathy Barry. Youngsters such as Mary Grace Bar...

Dog Escapes Owl's Clutches 2008-11-26
PHOENIX - It's not unusual for a small dog or cat to be taken by a wild animal, such as a coyote, in the Valley; however, one Ahwatukee family's pet was nearly carried off by an owl. Lucy, the Cocanour family's Maltese and Yorkshire terrier mix, was playing in the yard nearly two weeks ago wh...

Wildlife Experts, Deer Hunters Help Baby Barn Owls By Scott Mauldin, 2008-11-26
PELHAM, Alabama - Fall has brought some wobbly, fuzz-covered, hissing visitors to the non-profit Alabama Wildlife Center, where sudden rush of baby owls started with Alabama's deer hunting season. Baby Barn Owls are being found across Alabama, as people head into the woods for the seasonal sport ...

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