Owl News Articles Index - Page 9

Snowy owl makes rare local visit By Bernie Hornick, 2009-03-10
Twice this frigid winter, birder Harry Hunt bundled up, left the comforts of his Johnstown home and drove to northern Cambria County, hoping to catch a glimpse of an owl. He came up empty both times. But he didn't hesitate the third time he heard a snowy owl was back roosting. And this time ...

Owls bring surprise nest egg to Casa Grande Ruins 2009-03-08
CASA GRANDE - Visitors are always welcome at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and their enjoyment and experience is always the staff's No. 1 priority. But what happens when they decide they like it so much that they move in? Believe it or not, it isn't an uncommon thing for the Ruins -...

Snowy Owl Returns To Maryland 2009-03-01
It's been at least 24 years since the last irruption of snowy owls in Maryland and this year there are at least four on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The region is lucky to see one snowy owl every four years or so. Bob Ringler, the editor of Maryland Bird Life, a Maryland Ornithological Societ...

Burrowing owls call work site home By Denes Husty III, 2009-03-01
The new Cape Coral police headquarters site already has its first occupants, although the building won't be finished until June. And construction workers for the $19.1 million project are doing everything they can to make Sergeant Peepers and Mrs. Peepers feel right at home. The residents may be ...

Owl's well By Debby De Carlo, 2009-02-25
Dave Barno got the call late in the afternoon of Nov. 1, 2008. Someone from the Audubon Society of Portland's Wildlife Care Center would be bringing a short-eared owl to the Rock Creek Veterinary Hospital, where Barno, a veterinarian, works. It was 5 p.m. when he looked at the creature's x-ra...

Ghosts of the Arctic By Kent MacFarland, 2009-02-24
Like ghosts from the Arctic, snowy owls have descended on New England this winter. They're showing up in fields, along highways and in some backyards. These migrations from the arctic tundra are a birdwatcher's dream. And like dreams themselves, they are not fully understood - though scientist...

Thousands gather in Cape Coral to aid cause of burrowing owl By Cristela Guerra, 2009-02-22
Tammy Burk is well-acquainted with her neighbors in an empty lot next to her home. Every evening when the 28-year-old takes her son on a bike ride, they watch a family of burrowing owls peek out with their small brown heads to gather food. As a result, attending Cape Coral's seventh annual...

Flying Free: Rehabilitated owls released into the wild By Edwina P. Garza, 2009-02-20
RAYMONDVILLE - Five barn owls - two sets of them siblings - soared above the Thomas Ranch at dusk on Friday following a brief rehabilitation period at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville. The owls arrived at the zoo late last year, beginning in November. People often take owls to the zoo a...

Conservancy takes care of 2 great horned owls By Andrea Stetson, 2009-02-17
When you take over an abandoned home, you never know what kind of condition it's in. In fact, the home might not be safe for your family. That's what happened to a pair of great horned owls in North Naples. When decaying limbs in a used nest got battered by recent winds , the owl couple's c...

British Owl Flies Into World Owl Hall of Fame By Karla Kinstler, 2009-02-15
HOUSTON, Minn.- The owl whooose face adorned the United Kingdom's first commemorative stamp of the third millennium is flying into the World Owl Hall of Fame, albeit posthumously. He will receive the prestigious Lady Gray'l Award on March 7, 2009 in Houston, Minnesota at the seventh annual Interna...

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