Snowy Owls are iconic birds. You rarely find a person – birder or non – who doesn’t want to take a good long look...

I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for owls. Wander through my front door and glance upwards and you’ll find at least...

Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii) photos by Larry Jordan It’s been an interesting winter in my neck of the woods. Birders in Northern California have been treated to rare sightings...

The image that made me look hardest in this year’s Digiscoper of the Year 2011 competition was that of a Little Owl (Athene noctua)...

New York has its famous Red-tailed Hawks Pale Male and, until recently, Lola. Cambridge, Mass has a celebrity raptor pair, too. Last winter, a pair...

I’ve long felt that birders, as a group, should have a greater appreciation for the book as a physical object – all those years...

Have you ever seen Long-eared Owl chicks? Take a look… they’re even cuter than you’d expect!

Birds evacuate waste in many ways. It doesn’t all go out the rear end, some of it comes through the front end and these...