Of all the creative ways to strike up a gobble, the owl hoot is a tried-and-true classic. But in all the times you’ve let “who cooks for you” rip, have you ever stopped to wonder why turkeys often ...

Life with Chloe the barred owl is an absolute hoot. Take it from Angie Llanas, senior animal ambassador at SeaWorld San Antonio. That is, if you can hear her over Chloe’s lively hoots and squawks.

It’s 2 a.m. on Easter morning, and I’m awakened by "Hoo ho-hoo? Hoo hooo." The cadence is like, “Who’s awake? Me, too.” I open my window. The night is still. For certain, a great horned owl is calling ...

DEAR JOAN: We read your column about the great horned owl in the redwood tree. We live near the El Cerrito greenbelt where most of the trees are huge eucalyptus, but there are also smaller trees of ...

Lately, you may have heard them: “hoot” owls. No such critter named “hoot owl” appears in any field guide, but their calls earn them the moniker. The “hoo-hoo-hoo” kinds of calls belong to either ...

Autumn nights in Leon County can be a noisy, raucous experience, especially in the untamed regions. The decibel level is well above 100 as the residents engage in conversations and social activity at ...

Backyard bird feeders attract a host of creatures looking for food in the winter, but to my surprise, this winter, the tube feeders and their devotees attracted a visit from a barred owl.We live on ...

The sound startled my daughter and I as we walked through the mid-afternoon forest. A loud echoing hoot shot across the valley. The sound was coming from a dense patch of hemlock trees up the hill. It ...