Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller cousins, the northern spotted owl, to the brink of extinction. Once ...

The Barn Owl stands apart from other American owls with its distinctive heart-shaped facial disk and golden-buff coloration. This medium-sized owl (13-16 inches long with a 3.5-4 foot wingspan) lacks ...

Barred owls probably used those trees to hopscotch their way west from their native eastern forests. ... says interdisciplinary scientist Jeremy Bruskotter at The Ohio State University in Columbus.

Screech owls, barred owls, Tengelmalm’s owls, elf owls, and Ural owls are examples of cavity nesters that nest inside trees or cacti. Ground-Nesting Owls. ... She is also a licensed wildlife ...

Central Ohio – Wildlife District One During the 2025 white-tailed deer muzzleloader hunting season, State Wildlife Officer ...

"Shooting a few isolated areas of barred owl isn't going to help us as forest managers, nor is it going to help the forest be protected from wildfires, and catastrophic wildfire is one of the big ...

Barred Owl: 8 to 10 years: Over 20 years: Screech Owl: 2 to 8 years: 15 to 20 years: Great Grey Owl: 7 to 12 years: 30 to 40 years: Burrowing Owl: 3 to 6 years: Up to 12 years: ... For example, a barn ...

Mel, thanks for another amazing photo of the birds you love. This one is so nicely camouflaged into the tree that only a ...

Many things have been happening at and around our field stations as we transition from spring to summer. One of those things ...

The relative quiet of the forest was in sharp contrast to the noisy crowd that had gathered at the new Exploration Center at ...

Ohio State plans to add nine field-level suites to Ohio Stadium in 2026, each holding 12 people. 400 new chairback seats, the widest in the stadium, will be installed above the suites.