Owls, like most creatures, “sometimes just hit the road and go,” said raptor expert Erik Stauber, a retired wildlife veterinary professor from Washington State University. So when he spotted an odd ...

On a fine, sunny day in February (yes, there were a few of those!), a friend and I decided to snowshoe on the Lower Loop at Eaglecrest. The snow was very deep, after those heavy snowfalls earlier, but ...

Shaver’s Creek welcomed Pip, the first U.S.-bred Northern Hawk Owl for education. Pip’s arrival launches new programs and offers public meet-and-greet sessions. Pip offers rare research opportunity on ...

Tmaag Photography (@tmaagphotography) shared a fun video on Instagram recently of a Golden Retriever named River visiting the ...

Q: I’m a big owl fan and have seen several kinds, especially the great horned owl. But I wonder: Why I don’t ever see short-eared owls? A: These tawny owls with their dramatically outlined eyes spend ...

The training team at Cascades Raptor Center quickly saw Neil Patrick the Harris’s Hawk would make an excellent addition to its Free Flight Program. Neil is one of three new birds the nonprofit ...

HORICON — The Horicon Marsh Bird Club welcomes Hannah Toutonghi of the University of Minnesota Duluth, Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, to its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium at the ...

Before I tell you about my local owl viewing, let me share with you the Minnesota Ornithologists Union's web report on the current owl influx. As of Jan. 15 more than 1,700 great grays, 300 northern ...

Pip, a Northern Hawk Owl chick, takes a look around the room as he learns how to fly at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Pip died on Sunday, Shaver’s Creek announced.