Snowy Owl Photo 2
A Snowy Owl in Anoka County,
Minnesota - our first snowy owl. We've been
trying to see a snowy owl for the past several years, but we didn't have any
luck until this past February. This pic was shot on
February 8, 2014 when it was really cold. Feb. 5, 2014: We read info on
sightings of two snowy owls, which was posted by Pete, a birder, on the ABA
(American Birding Association) web
page. Early the next morning - around 7:00 a.m. - we tried to see the owls, but
we failed to locate the owls. On the same day we e-mailed to Pete to ask how to
locate the owls. Guess what! We're so lucky to contact him. Pete kindly took us to this place
on Feb. 8, 2014. "Pete, we really appreciated your very generous help."
Pete writes a great blog,
Sky the
BirdMan <
http://skythebirdman.blogspot.com/ >. It looked
like this owl got used to people. This snowy owl changed its perch every 30
minutes or so, but it only moved about 20 yards to the next perch. The owl was
larger than we had thought, around 2 feet tall and very cool. We think this owl is an adult female*. Snowy owls are active
during the day as well; they live in the Arctic area most of the time, where the sun
never goes down in its summer months, so that they have to hunt during the
daytime. By the way, we hear a
Northern Hawk Owl hunt during the day as well.
* What is the difference between a male and female snowy owl?
Snowy
Owl - YouTube
Blizzard, a male snowy owl, was attacked by a
mom Falcon, which was trying to keep him from her nest, and is
blind in his right eye
and
flightless. So he won't be able to go back to the wild.
Anoka County Photos:
1 |
2 Snowy
Owls hang out here;
Snowy Owl Photos:
1 (rear view) |
2 (front
view) | 3
(at sunset)
Explore America
Info
photo jy
PBS
Nature 2012 Magic of the Snowy Owl - YouTube
This video is great!
in Japanese
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A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged
Arctic rodent the lemming (Washington Post, Darryl Fears,
02/16/2014)
Snowy owl hit by bus moved to secret location - The
Washington Post snowy owl photos January and February, 2014
Facts About Snowy Owls - FACT: Snowy owls are
diurnal. (About.com Animals / Wildlife, Laura Klappenbach)
Are All Owls Nocturnal? (Paw Nation, Ruth
Nix - Demand Media)
Snowy Owl
- Wikipedia
Baby Snowy Owl - Bing Images
snowy owl chicks - Bing Images
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Notes" "So Cool!!!, Yesterday we finally saw our first snowy owl with
Pete's help. Pete, thanks so much for your tour to that snowy owl." We'll post
some photos of the snowy owl later.
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Snowy Owl vs.
Peregrine Falcon - Cape May, New Jersey (vimeo, Tom Johnson,
12/02/2014;
Birdchick)
Snowy Owl - Cape May,
New Jersey (vimeo, Tom Johnson, December 2014) We love to see
this snowy owl walking on the sand.
Who? Where? Snowy owls are flocking to East Coast
(CBS News, Jim Alxelrod, 01/09/2014; info from Julie)
Note: We've never seen snowy owls before.
modified:
March 25, 2014
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