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Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus

Description:

This is one of the largest species of Owl with a wingspan of 49–59 in and on average it is the heaviest Owl in North America weighing 3.5 to 6.6 lb.

Habitat:

Snowy Owls breed in the Arctic Tundra and winter south through Canada.

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slombard88
slombard88 10 years ago
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus Snowy Owl


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25 Comments (1–25)

MelissaPhillips
MelissaPhillips 9 years ago

Beautiful!

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

Wow! Beautiful bird. Great shot.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

@c.sydes: i think he's saying, "dude, quit photographing me" :D

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 9 years ago

really great shot, the detail is fabulous; as for the expression on its face. .well . . would be interesting to know what it was thinking

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

congrats amillion, ianmaton & thx for sharing

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 10 years ago

WoW

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 10 years ago

Gorgeous!

DoinaRussu
DoinaRussu 10 years ago

excellent! compliments!

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 10 years ago

awesome !

slombard88
slombard88 10 years ago

I really like Snowy Owls a lot. What a lovely picture! :)

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 10 years ago

What an incredible photo of a beautiful bird. Congratulations!

ianmaton
ianmaton 10 years ago

Thanks all. I saw a car approaching and guessed it would cause the Owl to fly from its perch on a telegraph pole. Lucky for me it flew in my direction...

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Beautiful capture Thanks for sharing :)

alina
alina 10 years ago

wow! that is an amazing shot!

Carol Snow Milne 2
Carol Snow Milne 2 10 years ago

What a wonderful photo of one of my favorite birds. Congratulations on a terrific flying photo.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 years ago

Wow!

ianmaton
ianmaton 10 years ago

Thanks for all the kind comments. Of course, there's a lot of luck involved...

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 10 years ago

Amazing!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Fabulous capture Ian!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

very nice capture !

DebraKuonMerchant
DebraKuonMerchant 10 years ago

This is gorgeous!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Wow extraordinary :)

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Wonderful !

ianmaton
ianmaton 10 years ago

Thanks. I guessed that a car going past would cause the the Owl to take flight so for once I had the camera ready...

Ron Caswell
Ron Caswell 10 years ago

beautiful shot!

ianmaton
Spotted by
ianmaton

Alberta, Canada

Spotted on Feb 11, 2013
Submitted on Feb 12, 2013

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