Snowy Owl

Information on Arctic Birds

Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada

Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada

Snowy owl chick on nest in open tundra. Yellow eyes and still in down. The Arctic.

Incubating adult snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, Arctic Canada

Adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, with gray partridge prey, Perdix perdix, on the owl's wintering grounds in southern Alberta, Canada

Fledgling snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its nesting hatching grounds, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Fledgling snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its nesting grounds, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Fledgling snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its nesting grounds, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Fledgling snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its nesting grounds, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, nest, Prince of Wales island, Arctic Canada

Snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, nest, Prince of Wales Island, Arctic Canada

Regurgitated stomach pellet from a snowy owl, Bubo Scandiaca, Arctic Canada

Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada

Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada

Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada

Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada

Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada

Adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, Alberta, Canada.

Closeup view of the foot of an adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, Southern Alberta, Canada

Adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its wintering grounds in southern Alberta, Canada

Adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its wintering grounds in southern Alberta, Canada

Adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its wintering grounds in southern Alberta, Canada

Adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its wintering grounds in southern Alberta, Canada

Adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, mantling over prey on its wintering grounds in southern Alberta, Canada

Adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, mantling over prey on its wintering grounds in southern Alberta, Canada

Adult male snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, in threat display on its tundra nesting grounds, Arctic Canada

Incubating adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, Arctic Canada

Snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, hunting in winter, prairie Alberta, Canada

Snowy owl, the cock bird has fewer markings than the female. The Arctic.

Snowy owl, the cock bird has fewer markings than the female. The Arctic.

Snowy owl chicks on nest in open tundra. Yellow eyes and still in down. The Arctic.

Female Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, Canada.

Female Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, Canada.