Hawk owls can locate and capture prey by sound (e.g., under snow), but much of their hunting is done by sight.

While hawk-owls can hunt by ear, they depend more on eyesight. Manitoba ornithologist James Duncan wrote that they can see prey up to 900 yards away. That's 2,600 feet, half a mile. We'll assume ...

The Great Grey Owl is a top predator that uses its keen sense of hearing and virtually silent flying skills to hunt with ...

There was much excitement this winter, among birders and photographers, over the sightings of a northern hawk owl on the wetlands. What captured my fancy was its face. In addition to some classy ...

The Northern hawk owl typically prefers to live north of the U.S. border on this continent and in other parts of the world favors locales such as Norway, Finland and Siberia.

Northern Hawk Owls: Sightings of this intense, yellow-eyed hunter are quite rare in the Great Lakes region — but when these owls do show up, it’s typically in the eastern U.P.

Hawk owls are one of the most skilled hunters in the owl family. Contrary to most owls, which use their hearing to locate much of their prey, hawk owls hunt primarily by sight, hence the need for ...

Houghton's seen a lot of birds in 70 years. Last week, he learned a unique Northern Hawk Owl was spotted in Okanagan County. Bird watchers sounded the call and a migration of people flocked to see it.

Fourteen species of owls have been seen in Idaho and 13of them are documented breeders. These include the barn owl, flammulated owl, western screech-owl, great horned owl, snowy owl, northern hawk ...