And let's take a moment to listen to the sounds of your backyard, or one like yours. OK, that's not actually a bird whistling reveille. But when we invited people to send us sounds of nature, we heard ...

The sound was unmistakable and led me outdoors to face the thick woods across the road. In the advancing twilight the sound pierced the darkness again, and then again. The ghostly mournful wail, best ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

“We always enjoy your outdoor articles in The Morning Call and we’re hoping you would consider an article on owls,” write Susan and Charlie Wismer of Coopersburg. The e-mail went on to explain that a ...

This past summer I heard my first screech owl. My son, who majored in mythologies of nature in college, was excited to hear this. He told me about how entwined screech owls are with our feelings about ...

Though common and widespread, it is rarely seen. More often it is heard. I’m speaking of the Western Screech Owl, the Coachella Valley’s smallest owl. Standing only eight inches tall and weighing in ...

CHAMPAIGN -- “Birds of omen, dark and foul,” wrote Sir Walter Scott about owls, once considered harbingers of doom, death, and destruction. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches and an ...