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Over the weekend, hundreds of curious Chicagoans ventured to Lake Michigan beachfronts to witness a birding marvel: the early arrival of snowy owls. Two snowy owls have been spotted at Montrose Point ...

Volunteers are celebrating a rise in their local barn owl population. Tees Valley Wildlife Trust said in 2025, the area it covers saw a 42% increase in the number of barn owls ringed, rising from 249 ...

The home of poet and non-fiction writer Polly Atkin is surrounded by tawny owls. They are the most common owl in Britain, ranging from 20,000 to 50,000 breeding pairs, though we don't know exactly how ...

DEI might still be alive and well on the West Coast. The US government has begun shooting down up to 450,000 barred owls across California, Oregon and Washington — in a controversial culling effort to ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing to kill nearly half a million barred owls throughout Washington, Oregon and California after a short-lived effort to halt the cull was thwarted in the ...

A nature reserve that is home to rare species of wading birds is set to grow in size. RSPB Otmoor, in Oxfordshire, will be extended with the addition of a new 21-hectare site, which had previously ...

Barred owls are notoriously aggressive and territorial, and have been known to attack humans, even when seemingly unprovoked. Now, the federal government plans to authorize killing up to 450,000 ...

This week, U.S. senators voted against halting a plan to kill off more than 450,000 barred owls to protect another species of owl—the spotted owl. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) explains ...

From an elusive garden visitor to a ‘swirling choreographed marvel’ - there’s plenty for birders to get excited about 🐦 Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, you can get ...