Large as a table lamp and topped with two pointy tufts resembling Batman ears, the great horned owl is easy to identify. But it’s so not easy to see. Secretive, guarded and well-camouflaged among ...

Reader Todd Mackinaw recently admired how the great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America. The knee-high owl, known for its “plumicorns” — tufts ...

Last October, we began counting birds that crossed the area that was proposed as a route for high-voltage power lines through Little Swamp Sanctuary. Before this count, we realized that this was a ...