Feb. 9—I've been searching for a northern pygmy-owl for the past few winters now, and honestly, I was starting to lose hope. Permanent residents here in this corner of Northwest Montana, they move to ...

As Alex Bell and I were finishing our area of the Howe Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, January 3, his cell phone rang, ...

Europe’s smallest bird of prey, the Eurasian pygmy owl, has now been confirmed in Spain for the first time, marking a westward expansion from the bird’s usual range. Researchers first captured the ...

Since the federal government listed the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl as endangered in 1997, it has been a point of conflict between developers and slow-growth advocates in Tucson (HCN, 8/30/99: A ...

SHADY COVE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- On Thursday, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife responded to a report of an injured owl near a residence in Shady Cove. The reported “baby” owl turned out to be a ...

Pygmy owls are an adorably small bird species that make their home in Europe. Their habitat spans as far north as Norway and east into China. But the tiny bird of prey now has a new home base: the Val ...

My first northern pygmy-owl sighting, on the border of a wooded property near Columbia Falls on Saturday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) I’ve been searching for a northern pygmy-owl for the ...

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Owls are fascinating birds of prey found across the globe, each species with unique traits and adaptations. From the heart-faced Barn Owl and majestic Snowy Owl, to the powerful Eurasian Eagle Owl and ...