There are a few more Eastern screech owls flying around the woods near Traverse City. Earlier this month, volunteers from North Sky Raptor Sanctuary released nine baby screech owls that had been in ...

The western screech owl makes a call that doesn’t align with the bird’s name, sounding more like what local birder Nic Korte calls a “bouncing ball trill.” But while the little owl, which Korte says ...

For Nic Korte, the Christmas Bird Count is an annual ritual. Every year around the Grand Valley during the Christmas season, it’s time to count the number of western screeching owls. Korte, who works ...