Snowy Owls

My first encounter with a snowy owl was on the tundra above the Arctic Circle while in search of polar bears. I fell in love with these beautiful owls and hoped to someday be able to get a closer, sharper, higher quality photograph than the one I shot that day. Over the next four years I have traveled to South Dakota where 30 were reported at Lake Andes. No luck. Traveled to Vancouver several times, where 20 were reported, but did not get THE shot. I made numerous trips to the fields near Denver International Airport for a reported snowy owl. I never found it.
It could be considered an obsession.
Finally on a trip to Calgary, Canada where the snowy owls are known to frequent, I captured the photograph that I thought that I would never see. A male snowy owl (all white), flying towards the camera at sunset.
My obsession has been cured.

Gliding Turn
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada
Snowy Fly-By
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada
Snowy Right Wing Down
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada
Silent Snowy Predator
Snowy Owls, Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits - Two snowy owls share a kindred moment during their vigilance for potential prey in the marsh of Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada. An irruption of snowy owls has sent hundreds of these beautiful owls from the Arctic to southern Canada and the northern US in search of a more plentiful food source.
Snowy Left Wing Down
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada
Snowy Owl at Sunset
Snowy Owls, Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Talons Ready
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

Look Back
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada
Snowy on a Log
Female Snowy owl sits on a log watching for prey. Delta (near Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada.
Snowy Upsweep
Snowy Upsweep
Snow Sweeper
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

Snow Skimmer
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada
Snowy Glow
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada
Stealthy Snowy Glide
Snowy Owls, Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Snowy Downsweep
Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada
Snowy on Stump
Snowy On Stump - A snowy owl sits on a stump in Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Stealthy Snowy
Snowy Owl, Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada