Owl

It’s an owl! It’s a hawk! Rare visit one for record books

By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Owls, like most creatures, “sometimes just hit the road and go,” said raptor expert Erik Stauber, a retired wildlife veterinary professor from Washington State University. So when he spotted an odd looking bird perched on a bare tree near a Moscow, Idaho, shopping mall, he suspected it […]

Owl nicknamed “Strike” to return to the sky

PULLMAN – A Great Horned Owl discovered injured at the baseball fields north of Colfax in August, is getting a second chance thanks to the helpful veterinarians at WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Staff members here nicknamed the owl “Strike” after discovering her hanging from the netting of a backstop. The young owl had suffered […]