Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A short-eared owl hunts from a perch. Ohio’s six species of regularly occurring owls are generally much easier to hear than see.

A short-eared owl can be found hunting over fields and marshes at dusk. Credit: Courtesy of Bob Duchesne This story was originally published in January 2025. You can find three owl species in Maine.

The lack of open grassland has also impacted the short-eared owl, whose population has decreased an estimated 65 percent since 1970, according to the Audubon Society. “Much of that grassland is being ...

Ohio’s six species of regularly occurring owls are generally much easier to hear than see. The big three in central Ohio are the barred owl, eastern screech owl and great horned owl. While barred owls ...