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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. Eight species have been recorded in Indiana. Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio; Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus; Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus
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]
The selection of state birds began with Kentucky adopting the northern cardinal in 1926. It continued when the legislatures for Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds after a campaign was started by the General Federation of Women's Clubs to name official state birds in the 1920s.
A snowy owl was spotted swooping into Shirley Chisholm State Park over the holiday weekend -- marking its first appearance in the Big Apple in years.
Four snowy owls have been documented in Wisconsin as of mid-November, the first of the species to be seen in the state.
A snowy owl apparently touring iconic buildings of the nation's capital is captivating birdwatchers who manage to get a glimpse of the rare, resplendent visitor from the Arctic. Far from its ...
Turkey vultures at the Indiana Dunes. This is a list of birds of the Indiana Dunes. [1] The Indiana Dunes (state park and national park) protect over 15,000 acres (61 km 2) of dunes and shoreline. From the barren sand beaches to the inter-dunal ponds and the intervening forest, this area is inhabited by 271 identified species of birds.
A snowy owl roosts Wednesday on top of a chimney cap in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee. It was the first snowy to be sighted this winter in the Milwaukee area.