Eastern screech owls are strictly nocturnal, which makes the sight of them during the day all that more special.

The MSU scientist published a book called “Bird Coloration” with fellow ornithologist Geoffrey Hill from Auburn University. Together they previously studied the phenomenon of yellow northern cardinals ...

The rufous morph becomes more common in the Southeast ... welliae is the palest and most faintly marked. The western screech owl’s bill is blackish or dark gray at the base, but gray-plumaged ...

The eastern screech-owl has both a gray and a red morph. About a third of easterns end up with the rufous coloring. Look for heavy streaks below and darker bars on the back, small ear-like tufts ...

Forest Department officials to meet temple authorities to make the premises plastic-free as devotees dump plastic waste and ...