And I know the owl box isn't the problem because identical boxes have successfully attracted nesting birds to the back yards of several readers. The most recent excited announcement arrived last week ...

Ornithologist Richard Dolbeer reported an abundance of riches on his property in Huron, where he has five nesting boxes. In addition to screech owls, he hosted wood ducks, squirrels and starlings. "I ...

Daisy van Gent in Great Neck sent a photo earlier in the fall of a mother squirrel carrying a baby squirrel into one of van Gent’s big bird boxes. This week van Gent has a “new renter.” A screech owl ...

Valentine’s Day is well-timed for some of the first courtship displays of the early breeders — owls. Even with snow in the branches and blanketing the ground, hearts are all aflutter, and focused on ...