Species
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus · Strigidae
Plate 01 · Snowy Owl
North America
Plate 02 · Snowy Owl
North America
— Notes.
Field notes.
- Family
- Strigidae
- Region
- North America
- Habitat
- Open coastal fields and tidal flats in winter
- Plates
- 2 photographs
Boundary Bay in British Columbia hosts irruptions of Snowy Owls during certain winters. These birds, mostly first-year, hunt voles in the grass-flats at the dyke. This frame was made on a clear afternoon at -8°C.