ARLINGTON, Va. — One family got a surprise visit from someone coming down their chimney Thursday — but it wasn’t Saint Nick. Instead, it was a barred owl. The huge bird flew into the family’s house, ...

A Virginia family had an unexpected holiday visitor come down their chimney a week before Christmas. A wild barred owl flew into a home through the house’s chimney, the Animal Welfare League of ...

When Sgt. Spencer Murray arrived at a home for an animal control call in Virginia, he saw one of the most majestic tree toppers he has ever seen: a Barred Owl that swooped in through the chimney. The ...

An owl became stuck at the top of a Virginia family’s Christmas tree the week before the big day. “This beautiful Barred Owl decided to play Santa and drop in—literally—through the chimney of a local ...

Last month in Virginia, news reports told the story of a barred owl that shimmied down a chimney and perched on the family’s Christmas tree, displacing the star placed at its apex. Around the same ...

In many respects, 2024 was the year of the unfortunate barred owl. One that flew through a chimney and perched atop a Christmas tree was ushered back to nature. A Maine-based bird rehabilitation ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — One family got a surprise visit from someone coming down their chimney Thursday — but it wasn’t Saint Nick. Instead, it was a barred owl. The huge bird flew into the family’s house, ...

A Virginia family had an unexpected holiday visitor come down their chimney a week before Christmas. A wild barred owl flew into a home through the house's chimney, the Animal Welfare League of ...