Small animals disappear and strange noises fill the night as Mother and Father Screech Owl raise their five owlets who need more and more food.

"Owls have existed for over sixty million years, and in the relatively short time we have shared the planet with these majestic birds they have ignited the human imagination. But even as owls continue to captivate our collective consciousness, celebrated British nature writer Miriam Darlington finds herself struck by all she doesn't know about the true nature of these enigmatic creatures. Darlington begins her fieldwork in the British Isles with her...

Relates five adventures of Owl.

A Love-Me bird asks her friend, Shut-Eye the owl, for advice on how to attract another bird.

Hoot owl flies through the night and assumes numerous disguises in order to catch a meal.

Little Bear hears a noise in the middle of the night, and when he and the other toys go to investigate, they make a new friend.

When the squirrel children come across a family of owls sleeping in the daytime, they decide to sneak out after bedtime to play with the owl children.

When Baby Owl takes his stuffed Owly out for a walk in the moonlit woods, he insists that he is not afraid of the other animals that keep popping up and making them jump.

A curious little owl decides to stay awake to find out how the things he sees at night look during the daytime.

Examines the lives of a variety of owls using updated technology.