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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.
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  • Gliding Turn

    Gliding Turn

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Snowy Fly-By

    Snowy Fly-By

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Snowy Right Wing Down

    Snowy Right Wing Down

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Silent Snowy Predator

    Silent Snowy Predator

    Snowy Owls, Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

  • Kindred Spirits

    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

    Snowy Left Wing Down

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Snowy Owl at Sunset

    Snowy Owl at Sunset

    Snowy Owls, Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

  • Talons Ready

    Talons Ready

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Look Back

    Look Back

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Snowy on a Log

    Snowy on a Log

    Female Snowy owl sits on a log watching for prey. Delta (near Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada.

  • Snowy Upsweep

    Snowy Upsweep

    Snowy Upsweep

  • Snow Sweeper

    Snow Sweeper

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Snow Skimmer

    Snow Skimmer

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Snowy Glow

    Snowy Glow

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Stealthy Snowy Glide

    Stealthy Snowy Glide

    Snowy Owls, Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

  • Kindred Spirits

    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.

  • Snowy Downsweep

    Snowy Downsweep

    Male Snowy Owl in flight, Drumheller (near Calgary), Alberta, Canada

  • Snowy on Stump

    Snowy on Stump

    Snowy On Stump - A snowy owl sits on a stump in Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

  • Stealthy Snowy

    Stealthy Snowy

    Snowy Owl, Boundary Bay, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

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