I think naps are wasted on the young. Not that children don't need them — they definitely do — but with age, sleep becomes more precious. A good night's sleep, taken for granted when I was younger, is ...

It was a cold winter’s night and my beautiful wife Susan and I were watching movies. There was a fire crackling in the wood stove, we were enjoying good food and drink and we were both all snoodled up ...

Owls are more often heard than seen. In New York, there are eight species of these interesting raptors, with the majority most active at night. Some live here year-round, some are migratory. They ...

They are the guardians of the night, the watchers. As sharp as their eyes are, their ears are keener. They are silent killing machines, but to the Greeks, there were synonymous with wisdom. Who? Owls, ...

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a male Mockingbird may learn up to 200 songs in its lifetime. Like the Nightingale, it is the lonely bachelor, the unmated male, who sings all night, often ...

If ever an owl could stare you down with a haunting look, it would be the barred owl that occupies woodlands from eastern to central Texas. The bird's big, round, dark eyes set against a large oval ...

Hoot, hoot, hoot. Those might be some of the sounds you’ll hear on an upcoming Owl Prowl on Long Island. The owl prowls are an opportunity to learn about the nighttime creatures that live among us on ...

Q: I would really like to see a screech owl, but I never have. What’s the best way to locate one of these owls? A: These small owls are described as “common” but are notoriously challenging to spot ...

There are many advantages to living in the country rather than in a town. One is the quality of sounds one hears. Even during the daylight hours, the sounds that echo through woodlands and across ...