WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – MAY 19: A Great horned owl sits perched on a tree branch at Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Thursday, May 19, 2022.

But never just perched in the open, no crows in the picture. Perhaps we encountered a young great horned owl, not yet totally schooled in the lessons of owlish behavior.

Owls cooling off in kiddie pools, gardens, even tires. The phenomenon is capturing attention across the region.

Perched among branches in the blackness of night, the great horned owl sits and waits, its lower body motionless as its head swivels almost completely around to scan the surroundings. Not only do ...

The great horned owl is the largest of the three common Ohio breeding owls (the others being the eastern screech and barred owls). Females are larger than males, and a big specimen might weigh 3.5 ...

Great horned owls are common over much of Ohio and are sometimes found in urban and suburban areas. I once saw the ghostly shape of an owl float across the intersection of High Street and 17th ...

One reason great horned owls may range so far is that they will eat anything they can grab. A few years ago, a teenage neighbor of ours shoved a great horned owl off his 7-pound dog in the driveway.