The hooting of a great horned owl is an instantly recognizable sound and always sends shivers traveling along the spine. The after-dark calls of this large predatory bird also got me to thinking about ...

While you were sleeping, I watched the dogs reflect the brilliant green of the Northern lighted sky. Their shadows ran black against the snow. And even though the world seemed quiet, the night did not ...

Great horned owls have always symbolized wisdom, knowledge, and the afterlife. In the wild, they are fierce predators and even fiercer protectors of their young, and this maternal owl in the below ...

While we have many predators roaming the woods of Southeastern Minnesota and beyond, none probably are as successful at what they do as the great horned owl. And a great part of this success is due to ...

As a great horned owl mother was attending to her newborn owlets on a cloudless morning, a predator disturbed the calm, swooping into her home aloft a pine tree. The mamma owl, known as Bayley, did ...

Owls, with their earth-toned feathers, are masters of camouflage. But not the barn owl. Adorned with striking white plumage and an odd heart-shaped face, you might think the owl’s conspicuous ...

December and January we are wakened just before dawn by the calls of a pair of Great Horned Owls. (Are you up…me too-me too?) The males are returning to the territories of their mates. (After the ...

HOUSTON, Minn. — Iris, a great horned owl, doesn’t need to hunt. Blind in her right eye, Iris has been in captivity since 2006. She is an education ambassador owl which means she’s used to give ...