“Saw-whet owls are pleasant to work with and just so damn cute,” Mulvihill shared. “I doubt that we would have as many volunteers if they were nasty or excreted on handlers like screech owls do.

That is a far cry from what I experienced at Fedak’s Allegheny National Forest station. “Saw-whet owls are pleasant to work with and just so damn cute,” Mulvihill shared. “I doubt that we would have ...

Among the smallest owl species in North America, the saw-whet is the size of a smartphone topped with a pingpong ball. With a ...

Weighing little more than a robin, the northern saw-whet owl is a year-round resident of ... it resembles a cute cuddly toy. But when it comes to capturing rodents, the 3- to 4-ounce owl is ...

Small in stature but large in cuteness, the Northern Saw-whet Owl’s big eyes and soft feathers make it irresistible. The moose, with its majestic antlers and gangly legs, might not be conventionally ...

known as Tengmalm’s owl in Eurasia, and in North America the northern saw-whet owl (A. acadicus) and the western screech owl (Megascops kennicottii). In our area, they are forest birds (although ...

During mating season, the male northern saw-whet owl advertises himself through the night at 112 toots a minute, ratcheting it up to 260 when a female comes into its territory. Some owls mate for ...

The Portal art installation was unveiled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in October. Now, a group of four people have stolen copper wiring out of it, police say. Screengrab from Facebook post by ...