Although Northern Saw-whet owls are one of the most abundant forest raptors in North America, they are rarely seen due to their nocturnal and secretive nature. Until recent decades, the diminutive ...

I was visiting some friends north of Winnipeg last weekend when we spotted the tiny owl huddled in an aspen tree on a cold morning when the temperature had dipped to 20 below F. The calendar might ...

The Northern Saw-whet Owl is the only local owl I’ve never seen, but just knowing this cool-looking owl is out there is good enough. At night they keep busy hunting in conifer forest and riparian ...

Lots of interesting and little-known creatures emerge under cover of darkness. Some of them are human, but most are not. Perhaps foremost in piquing human interest about animals that ply their trade ...

AMHERST - A high-pitched, staccato sound dominates the autumn night in a woodlot outside Amherst. "What do you say we go check the nets?" says Dale Matheson of Amherst. Matheson was polite to ask. But ...

It was a cold winter’s night and my beautiful wife Susan and I were watching movies. There was a fire crackling in the wood stove, we were enjoying good food and drink and we were both all snoodled up ...

The Saw Whet Owl may be the tiniest owl in the region, it, but they are rarely seen. On Friday, Oct. 24, the Audubon Center & Sanctuary is taking a trip to a nearby Saw Whet Owl banding station. Saw ...

I've been a naturalist for decades and I have come to accept the fact that Mother Nature hates me. If I schedule a stargazing program, it will be overcast and the owls will be hooting. If I schedule ...

We love watching videos taken by wildlife photographers of animals in their natural habitats, especially those we've never ...