Europe’s smallest bird of prey, the Eurasian pygmy owl, has now been confirmed in Spain for the first time, marking a westward expansion from the bird’s usual range. Researchers first captured the ...

Recently, I was out phishing for Hermit Thrushes. Unfortunately, they weren’t singing. They have one of the most beautiful songs of any bird I know. This song has been called “hauntingly flute-like” ...

My first northern pygmy-owl sighting, on the border of a wooded property near Columbia Falls on Saturday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) I’ve been searching for a northern pygmy-owl for the ...