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Bubo scandiacus
This yellow-eyed, black-beaked white bird is easily recognizable. It is 52–71 centimetres (20–28 in) long, with a 125–150 centimetres (49–59 in) wingspan. Also, these birds can weigh anywhere from 1.6 to 3 kilograms (3.5 to 6.6 lb).[2] It is one of the largest species of owl and, in North America, is on average the heaviest owl species. The adult male is virtually pure white, but females and young birds have some dark scalloping; the young are heavily barred, and dark spotting may even predominate. Its thick plumage, heavily feathered taloned feet, and colouration render the Snowy Owl well-adapted for life north of the Arctic Circle.
Generally North of the Arctic Circle
This bird is most probably a female, it came for a winter visit to Wisconsin, from its normal territory somewhere north of the Arctic Circle.
Spotted on Feb 24, 2010
Submitted on Jun 10, 2012
31 Comments (1–25)
Nice
a very belated Thank you Phil S. sorry it took so long to respond, but I no longer can see the comments left for me on my profile page.
Really terrific series!
Thank you Lori, and Reza for your wonderful comments.
Beautiful.
Willie, welldone on yet another spectacular series !
Thank you Karen
Another awesome series from you Bill! Well done!
Thanks Ricardo. I am happy to follow others who have a passion for wildlife, and enjoy viewing wildlife from parts of the world, I will most likely never have the pleasure to ever visit.
Amazing Photos! Thanks for following me.
Joshua, I will take that as quite a compliment, Snowy Owls are an amazing bird, I hope to be able to see one in the wild again, sometime. These birds made an invasion into the lower 48 states this past winter. I was able to actually see 3 different birds but was only able to get a somewhat nice photo of one of them.
so sick! dude that one of the coolest things ive ever seen.
Thanks so much, SumukhaJavagal
Awesome shots..!
Thank you SatyenMehta
Awesome series!
Thank you AdamBrown
beautifully captured!
SophiaIberiaMartinez, I am glad you put the reference to your HEDWIG comment, I would have not know what you were talking about as I have never watched or read any of the Harry Potter works.
Thank you CarolSnowMilne, AntónioGinjaGinja, Gerardo Aizpuru, tibiprada, CindyBinghamKeiser, Ismael Chaves, CourtneyVerk, ceherzog, NuwanChathuranga and
ChristyHolland for your wonderful comments. Nice link to your spotting CourtneyVerk
beautiful picture by the way
im sorry but i must.... HEDWIG!!!!! (Harry Potter reference, Harry's pet owl)
What a beautiful girl! Great series, Willie!
fantastic!
Every shot is outstanding! So excellent!
Wonderful series. Must have been great to see a snowy owl in the wild. This bird definitely looks like a female. I have some photos from a recovery centre of a female living is captivity also who is very heavily speckled. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/765...