“It’s one of the most beautiful and distinctive owls in the world,” David Barrett, a birder and founder of Manhattan Bird Alert, told The Post. “It’s the owl from Harry Potter — Hedwig.

For most English speakers, the name Hedwig, if it means anything at all, conjures up the obliging owl that delivers messages to Harry Potter. But if you come from central Europe - and especially ...

For most English speakers, the name Hedwig, if it means anything at all, conjures up the obliging owl that delivers messages to Harry Potter. But if you come from central Europe - and especially ...

It doesn’t matter that the temperature is 19 degrees, the wind is whipping at 20 miles per hour, and the wind chill is 4 ...