Naturalist’s Notebook: Listen to Forest Owls
If you go into the woods and listen, you may hear great horned owl duets, the trill of western screech owls, toots of northern saw-whet owls, or the daytime call...
Tag: owls
The Beautiful Geometry of Short-eared Owls
I’m not usually masochistic. But then I spent three months this winter trying to observe extremely elusive short eared owls in a busy park in the inner Bay Area. (I’ll...
Never Mind the Game; Here’s a Superb Owl in San Jose
This is no mere Internet meme: the City of San Jose has a burrowing owl preserve, with hidden cameras, and it is spectacular.
Naturalist’s Notebook: The Owl in the Hole
Burrowing owls are delightful ambassadors of nature. Look for them at Shoreline Park in Mountain View or Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley.
Got Mice? Get an Owl!
Facing a rodent problem? Before you head to the hardware store for rat poison, Alex Godby, founder of the nonprofit Hungry Owl Project (HOP), wants to persuade you that there...
Why are barn owls dying on the road?
Bay Nature reader Rich saw a number of dead barn owls along I-5. What's going on? Turns out barn owls may be the most widespread birds in the world --...
Antioch Developer Evicts Burrowing Owls
Scott and Heather Artis of Antioch have adopted a local community of burrowing owls as their own stewardship project and were looking forward to this year's nesting season, but in...
