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Bubo scandiacus
One of the largest species of Owl with a wingspan of 49–59in and on average it is the heaviest Owl in North America weighing 3.5 to 6.6lb. Given that this bird was nearly pure white and males are usually whiter than females this is probably a male bird, however, there are exceptions to this rule so it's difficult to be certain.
Snowy Owls breed in the Arctic Tundra and winter south through Canada.
This was my first Snowy Owl sighting of the winter. It was great to see a nearly pure white bird.
Spotted on Nov 27, 2013
Submitted on Dec 3, 2013
26 Comments (1–25)
Super spotting - congratulations!
So lovely! Congratulations!
I love it!
Congratulations Ian on your SOTD
Very good
Congratulations ...... nice spotting
Beautiful bird! Congrats on your SOTD!
Congratulations on the SotD !
Beautiful! Congratulations!
So beautiful!
you are one lucky person to see something like this.
Thanks for all the very kind comments. It was great to have the opportunity to photograph this magnificent bird so early in the winter.
Most worthy of SOTD. Congratulations, Ian. This is a wonderful photo, and the Owl is truly magnificent.
great spotting Ianmaton,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congrats ianmaton!!!Nice shot!!
Ian, congratulations on another magnificent spotting of the day! This snowy is just incredible. We hope to see many more owls and other interesting organisms from you. Congrats again!
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Yes, there are usually reasonable numbers of Snowy Owls in the prairies east of Calgary but I had also heard they were moving south of their normal winter range this year i.e. into the US.
Heard there was another year that they were invading more south of their normal range as far south as the northern states
Fantastic bird and photo. Thanks for showing us this one.
Incredibly white! WOW! Great shot!
What a great photo ianmaton. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Thanks all. Yes, I never tire of seeing them. I think this is the whitest snowy owl I've found so far.
Spectacular !
Amazing. Great shot and specimen.
I would love to see one of these. So beautiful and powerful.