Pip, a Northern Hawk Owl chick, takes a look around the room as he learns how to fly at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Pip died on Sunday, Shaver’s Creek announced.

Shaver’s Creek welcomed Pip, the first U.S.-bred Northern Hawk Owl for education. Pip’s arrival launches new programs and offers public meet-and-greet sessions. Pip offers rare research opportunity on ...

Sometimes you know the answer before you ask the question. “Count me in,” was the enthusiastic and expected reply from my long-time friend Jim Hoyson when asked if he was interested in going on a road ...

The Raptor Center has welcomed a new northern hawk owl to its raptor ambassador program, but the young female bird needs a name. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters ...

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Penn State Outreach is showing off an exciting new animal ambassador. Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, in Huntingdon County, is one of four locations in the United ...

Visitors to the Minnesota Raptor Center will have a new friendly face greeting them: a northern hawk owl. The latest ambassador of the Raptor Center is a female, born in captivity and given to the ...

Before I tell you about my local owl viewing, let me share with you the Minnesota Ornithologists Union's web report on the current owl influx. As of Jan. 15 more than 1,700 great grays, 300 northern ...

Northland birding guide Judd Brink, in center standing on the grass, uses binoculars to watch an uncommon northern hawk owl in the Sax-Zim Bog north of Duluth on Monday as two of his birding clients ...