Owls, like most creatures, “sometimes just hit the road and go,” said raptor expert Erik Stauber, a retired wildlife veterinary professor from Washington State University. So when he spotted an odd ...

WILDLIFE WATCHING — Sad news: the northern hawk owl that’s been attracting birders from far and wide to the Moscow, Idaho, area has been reported dead. The rare visitor from the arctic has been ...

On a fine, sunny day in February (yes, there were a few of those!), a friend and I decided to snowshoe on the Lower Loop at Eaglecrest. The snow was very deep, after those heavy snowfalls earlier, but ...

WATERBURY – Scanning the snowy meadow sloping down from Vermont 100, it was at first difficult to see the bird that has brought hundreds of admirers to this spot for two months. Then a small, dark ...

Sometimes you know the answer before you ask the question. “Count me in,” was the enthusiastic and expected reply from my long-time friend Jim Hoyson when asked if he was interested in going on a road ...

There was much excitement this winter, among birders and photographers, over the sightings of a northern hawk owl on the wetlands. What captured my fancy was its face. In addition to some classy ...