In the same way that I like to look for signs of spring, now, in the fall, I enjoy the countdown to winter. I have a short-term goal as well — the countdown to Halloween. How many "ghoulish" things in ...

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CHAMPAIGN -- “Birds of omen, dark and foul,” wrote Sir Walter Scott about owls, once considered harbingers of doom, death, and destruction. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches and an ...

Last month, I observed a bird on my property that had never been seen or heard there before. As I was getting ready for bed, I heard an owl calling from the forest in my yard. I hear owls frequently ...