Snowy Owl - Jan 2, 2023

We found the snowy owl in its usual place again today on the docks in the marina. This time positioned a little better to allow us to get some nicer pictures.

The owl is always a little difficult to see, as it sits far out on the dock, staying far away from people. At first when we heard it was there, we were looking in trees, but after thinking more about its habitat, this makes sense. Spending summers up in the arctic, there are no trees. Sounds like the snowy owl is diurnal and most active at sunrise and sunset, so may be worth heading back early one morning to see if it is a little more active.

This was taken a few days ago, as you can see, the owl is quite hard to see and actually has plenty of places to hide. A short while after this picture was taken, some crows showed up and almost seem to want to harass the owl.

Today however the owl was alone and perched up a little higher, so we were able to get some better pictures. These were taken by (not so) little one.

It was also a little warmer out today, and we were a little later getting out to the park, so there were quite a few more people out, and plenty looking for the owl.