Berks County and conservation officials urge fishermen to properly dispose of spent monofilament line and hooks.

The great horned owl is the most common owl of the Americas, easily recognizable because of the feather tufts on its head. These “plumicorns” resemble horns or, to some, catlike ears.

That was the case at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia last weekend, when staff from the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center released a great horned owl that had been in their care.

And he didn’t even flinch. The wastewater treatment worker spotted an almost-unrecognizable great horned owl, stuck in the muck in a drying pool of waste sludge in Cottonwood, part of the Rio ...

The rescue began when troopers noticed the owl during a response to a bicyclist near mile marker 60. Concerned for the bird’s safety, they contacted wildlife authorities and a local rehabilitator.

November, bird was down and unable to fly, rescued by a park ranger, treated for multiple fractures at Blue Ridge Wildlife ...