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 ...

Owl Research Institute field technician and head bander Lauren Tate works to band a saw-whet owl at Flathead Lake Biological Station Tuesday, Oct. 15. (Avery Howe/Bigfork Eagle) A Saw-whet owl gets ...

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 ...

We were pleased to hear that a northern saw whet owl was recently observed at Chippewa Nature Center by one of their staff, and that a photo was taken to document this rarely seen little owl. At about ...

Early last October, I was fortunate enough to spend an evening, along with a few other birders, with John Fedak at his saw-whet owl banding station near the Kinzua Dam in the Allegheny National Forest ...

I told myself that I wouldn’t mention the ongoing drought conditions in this week’s column. But it’s hard not to when outside conditions advertise the dryness everywhere you look. And here in the ...

The northern saw-whet owl may well be the cutest animal in New Hampshire’s forests. It’s also one of the most elusive. On a recent field trip to the Black Mountain Banding Station in Sutton to observe ...

The Berkshire Bird Observatory (BBO) brings groups of visitors into the woods to witness the secretive northern saw-whet owls that the organization captures in large ‘mist nets’ set up at Jug End ...

A stranger dropped in at Orvis and June Haugen's place the other day. They're my neighbors near Gilby, N.D. Actually, they didn't see the visitor arrive. They noticed it when they looked out the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A northern saw-whet owl rests in the hand of Blake Mathys, just prior to its release. Lots of interesting and little-known ...