It’s that time of year. You better watch out! There is a dramatic movement from the Far North this winter coming from the land of reindeer and caribou. The whiteness of the character is its most striking feature. When it arrives, it often alights atop roofs and its uncharted movements have been known to disrupt […]
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Snowy Owls to Be Trapped Instead of Shot at New York Area Airports
Airport officials in New York are starting a program to trap and relocate snowy owls after reports that the birds were being killed with a shotgun at Kennedy International Airport. Snowy owls pose a threat at airports in the region, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement on Monday […]
Snowy owls hunted at New York City’s airports
Whooodunit? Snowy owls, apparently. After one was sucked into an airplane turbine, the species has been added to a list of birds that ‘wildlife specialists’ kill to protect planes from bird strikes. The Port Authority doesn’t give a hoot about the lives of snowy owls. The agency that oversees the city’s airports has added the […]
Snowy owl spotted in Cairngorms
A rare sighting of a snowy owl has been made in the Cairngorms. The birds of prey are native to Arctic regions, including parts of Norway and North America. The snowy owl in the Cairngorms was seen on 18 February and reported on the nature website iSpot earlier on Tuesday. RSPB Scotland said that to […]
Long winter’s nap
Grab forty winks. Saw logs. For a species that’s habitually short on shut-eye, we humans sure have come up with myriad ways to talk about it. We also spend a lot of time and money studying sleep, or the lack thereof. Yet, in spite of decades of inquiry, researchers still don’t have a good fix […]
NATURE “Magic of the Snowy Owl” – Preview – PBS
NATURE takes an intimate look at the snowy owl, a bird made popular by Harry Potter’s faithful companion, Hedwig. “Snowies” stand out for their magical beauty, intelligence and charm. Viewers discover that these strikingly beautiful Arctic owls have a range of skills far more impressive than those required of magical messengers.