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Snowy Owl (at sunset)

Bubo scandiacus

Notes:

The warm glow of the setting sun shown on this white owl. The last picture without the glow was taken just a few seconds after the sun set.

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7 Comments

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

cbenito00, I agree, these owls are amazing. And I can never get tired of seeing them:-)

cbenito00
cbenito00 10 years ago

Amazing!!!!! Just an amazing bird!

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Thanks Leuba and Bill good luck finding a snowie.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

Great shots, Tom. Thanks !!

beaker98
beaker98 10 years ago

Greats resources! Thanks!

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Thanks Bill. This year is your best chance to see another Snowy Owl. Check out this map on Ebird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/wp-conten...
You can check out the bird reports in Illinois for Snowies on the ABA site here: http://birding.aba.org/maillist/IL

beaker98
beaker98 10 years ago

Absolutely gorgeous! I've only seen one in my lifetime and that was probably 25 years ago. I'm jealous Tom!

Tom15
Spotted by
Tom15

Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on Jan 8, 2014
Submitted on Jan 9, 2014

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