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This is the earliest fall/winter season Snowy Owl sighting for me.
Cooking Lake, Alberta.
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Sleepy Snowy.
Sometimes that blob of white I see way out in a stubble field actually is a Snowy Owl. I have been fooled by snow covered rocks and white plastic bags caught on weeds.
We aren't seeing many around here so far.
Strathcona County, Alberta. (TWP 540 east of HWY 21 for locals)
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Nice to catch one on a natural perch. Special thanks to Glenn
and Keith for keeping me company over the past two days.
Parkland County, Alberta.
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This is the same Snowy Owl I posted on February 26. In this view, we can see a few brown freckles and lines.
The light was very harsh, and almost directly on him, hence the squint.
Strathcona County, Alberta.
Sharp-eyed Keith Huang spotted this beautiful male out in a field while he, Peter Stahl and I were cruising around the Beaverhills Lake area today. It was far off, but Keith generously offered me the use his 500 mm f/4 to get a closer shot. Thanks Keith :)
Beaver County, Alberta.
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First of the season on a typical power pole perch (power lines edited out).
Strathcona County, Alberta.
I am posting a real Snowy Owl today. Thanks for your kind comments on my male Snowy Owl carving posted just before this. Much appreciated.
Strathcona County, Alberta.
I thought I would look back over my 2020 un-posted shots and post my personal favorite. I didn't process this one back then because the upper wing tips were just barely inside of the original frame and there was no pleasing composition.
I opened it up and increased the canvass size of the original file which gave me room to add the blue sky pixels beside and above above those wing tips.
It was great to find her on a fairly low perch on a skinny branch rather than on the top of a power pole. This female is much more heavily barred than the female I posted a few days ago.
Strathcona County, Alberta.
De uil kun je zien als een symbool voor wijsheid. Ze hebben een ronde kop met ogen die naar voren kijken en een neus-achtige snavel.
Omdat uilen zolang stilzitten lijken ze alwetende dieren.
Hij zit op een uitkijkpost en ziet alles van de wereld. De uil heeft zijn slechte naam te danken aan het feit dat hij ‘s nachts jaagt en een geheimzinnig, maar eenzaam leven leidt. Ook doordat ze ‘s nachts rare geluiden maken.
Ze kunnen de ogen niet bewegen in de oogkassen, maar de oehoe heeft 14 halswervels en kan daardoor de kop volledig naar achter draaien.
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A sunny, cloudless but cold day here. This beauty was fluffed up against - 17 C and a brisk wind.
Strathcona County, Alberta.
One of the most pure white males I have seen. This is an old guy, at least 10 years of life.
Strathcona County, Alberta.
This image show the heavily barred wings and flanks typical of a female. The four tail bars are clearly seen. A male at any stage of life usually has only two tail bars. As males age, they become much whiter. A nine or ten year old male is almost pure white. Females keep the dark barring marks.
Paintearth County, Alberta.
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I guess we all prefer to catch a Snowy Owl on a more natural perch, but there she was. We are not seeing many in these parts this winter. I refer to this Owl as female because it has four tail bands. According my Owl banding friends a male usually has two bands, rarely three, but never four.
I cloned out the wire from the insulator because there were several frayed bits of wire on her perch which were ugly and distracting.
I found this Owl in Strathcona County on RR 222 north of TWP 540. My local friends know exactly where this is.
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Last post was a female Great Horned Owl on her nest. This is her mate standing guard on a nearby tree.
Flora to Fauna and I were intent on watching a huge flock of Snow Geese and did not notice this Owl perched on a snowbank about 40 M up the road until we walked back to my car.
When she realized we were now focused on her, she flew off pretty quick.
Beaver County, Alberta.