Each palm-size owl caught is a rush, not only because it is an encounter in the dark with pure wildness. Saw-whets are one of ...

Flying south under the radar during the fall migration through Massachusetts are thousands of tiny, facially adorable and nocturnally secretive saw-whet owls. If we didn’t catch them at our banding ...

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 ...

TURTLE RIVER STATE PARK, N.D.-Offering a guarantee of success is a dicey proposition with any pursuit, but Tim Driscoll liked his chances of catching at least one Northern saw-whet owl on this crisp, ...

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 ...

AMHERST - A high-pitched, staccato sound dominates the autumn night in a woodlot outside Amherst. "What do you say we go check the nets?" says Dale Matheson of Amherst. Matheson was polite to ask. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

ISLAND COUNTY, Wash. — The Island County Sheriff’s Office's (ICSO) cute ride-along passenger last week was quite the hoot. A northern saw-whet owl, affectionately named "Philbert," was discovered ...

EGREMONT — “Awws” filled the quiet woods as Ben Nickley lifted a northern saw-whet owl from a cloth bag, giving 15 spectators a look at the mysterious, tiny bird under the lantern light. “She's so ...