On a fine, sunny day in February (yes, there were a few of those!), a friend and I decided to snowshoe on the Lower Loop at Eaglecrest. The snow was very deep, after those heavy snowfalls earlier, but ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KXRM) — A great horned owl and a juvenile hawk were both rescued by Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Colorado Springs on Wednesday morning. According to CPW, a juvenile hawk ...

Shaver's Creek Environmental Center welcomed a cute new addition to its aviary and the public can meet him as soon as this weekend. Pip, a Northern Hawk Owl chick, was bred for conservation education ...