The faces for both are pure white. The guide describes snowy owls as "enormous." They are the heaviest owls in North America, weighing 4 pounds on average. Females can weigh as much as 6.5 pounds.

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Luckily, the sanctuary has a resident eastern screech owl — a foster mom named Mama Owl. Mama Owl teaches the babies how to ...

These owls have more streaks on their feathers and are more often found in wooded areas. The last is the Eastern screech owl, which is a much smaller bird, short and stocky.

Spotted owls are disappearing fast, and federal cuts could mean no one’s left to count them A northern spotted owl photographed in 1995 sitting on a branch in Point Reyes, Calif.

In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Interior, 19 lawmakers are seeking a halt to the plan to kill 450,000 barred owls along the West Coast.

Dim the lights: Owls operate in the dark, so if you're leaving porch lights or a set of string lights on all night, that's less than ideal. Keep the lights off and you're more likely to have an ...