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The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), [4] also known as the polar owl, the white owl and the Arctic owl, [5] is a large, white owl of the true owl family. [6] Snowy owls are native to the Arctic regions of both North America and the Palearctic, breeding mostly on the tundra. [2]
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This wild one traveled on its own power. It was a snowy owl, the first recorded in Milwaukee this winter. ... Snowy owls spend the summer breeding season on the tundra north of the Arctic circle ...
Because the NPS checklist notes abundance by season, the tag for the highest abundance of the year is used. The quoted definitions are those of the NPS. B = Breeding: "Confirmed as breeding in Yellowstone" (155 species) b = Unconfirmed breeding: "Suspected of breeding, but not confirmed by eggs or young" (four species)
Four snowy owls have been documented in Wisconsin as of mid-November, the first of the species to be seen in the state.
Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Eleven species have been recorded in Connecticut. Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio; Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus; Snowy owl, Bubo ...
Barrett said the last substantial sighting came in 2022, noting this year’s visit is part of a snowy owl irruption — an unpredictable migration pattern resulting from a successful breeding season.
In spite of a Recovery Strategy, particularly in 2007–2010 in Ontario, [61] only a handful of wild, breeding barn owls existed in the province in 2018. [62] This is primarily because of disappearing grasslands where the bird hunted in the past, but according to a study, also because of "harsh winters, predation, road mortality and use of ...