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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]
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.
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. Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus; Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus; Northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula; Northern pygmy-owl, Glaucidium gnoma (C)
A snowy owl holds part of an American coot in its mouth as it stands on a chimney cap in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee. The bird, the first of its kind seen in Milwaukee this winter, was ...
Four snowy owls have been documented in Wisconsin as of mid-November, the first of the species to be seen in the state.
Smithsonian Snowy Owl Info Archived 27 November 1999 at the Wayback Machine; World Owl Trust; Athenian Owl coins; Eurasia: World of Owls – Northern Ireland's only owl, bird of prey and exotic animal centre; Current Blakiston's Fish Owl Research in Russia; North America: List of Owl Species Breeding In North American and Owl Photos; Oceania:
Snowy owls are invading New York. And the freezing cold temperatures are to thank for their arrival. So far, at least seven of the owls have been spotted in the New York City area. Including on ...
Smaller and paler than Eurasian eagle-owls, the Pharaoh eagle-owl can also be considered a distinct species largely due to its higher-pitched and more descending call, and the observation that Eurasian eagle-owls formerly found in Morocco (B. b. hispanus) apparently did not breed with the co-existing Pharaoh eagle-owls.