They range in size from the huge Great Horned Owl to the tiny Northern Saw-whet Owl. The following are brief descriptions of the state’s owls and the unique sounds that they make.

A listener responded to our invitation to send recordings of backyard wildlife with audio of a spooky bird screech. An expert at the Cornell Lab... Decoding Nature: Identifying Sounds A Horned Owl ...

Owls, like this great horned owl, are thought to be spooky because they can see in the dark, swivel their heads, and fly silently through the night like witches.

It's March and at night, owls are calling from the woods, as primordial a sound as it gets. Here's how you can tell which owl you are hearing.

A night hunter with a striking appearance and eerie vocalizations, this owl is a Halloween icon. The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is a large, powerful bird with bright yellow eyes, brown ...

Eastern screech owls are smaller than both great horned and barred owls at only 8.5 inches long and a wingspan of 20 inches and weight of 5 ounces. The call of the eastern screech owl has been ...