Normally only gray morph birds are found on the Great Plains and in southernmost Texas. The large northwest subspecies max­welliae is the palest and most faintly marked. The western screech owl ...

Another common – and arguably the most adorable – owl of Iowa is the screech owl. Coming in at about eight inches tall, they ...

The goggle-eyed Cuban screech owl gets its other common name, bare-legged owl, from its featherless lower appendages. While most of the world’s more than 200 owl species wear feathers down to ...