Snowy Owl
© Jim Cumming
Published:
January 2, 2012
A female Snowy Owl perches near the Ottawa River in Ottawa, Ontario, in late November 2011.
Jim Cumming photographed it with a Canon 7D and a 300mm lens and posted it to our
U.S. and Canada Gallery.
In November, Snowies began to arrive in southern Canada and the northern U.S. in unusually large numbers.
This map, compiled by Jesse Ellis, a researcher in the Zoology Department at the University of Wisconsin, shows reports from across the continent in winter 2011-12. You can also view where the owls have been seen on
eBird's current distribution map.
See more photos of Snowy Owls.
Read a Snowy Owl photographer's lesson on patience.
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