The coming weeks will tell the tale of the winter of 2024-25. Snowy owls are an owl species with white or white-and-black plumage. They are the heaviest owl in North America, with an average ...

Snowy owls are native to the Arctic tundra, where their largely white coats camouflage them in the snow, according to the National Audubon Society, which protects birds across the Americas.

Snowy owls, true to their name, are white, snowy white. In the winter landscape, these striking birds look like ghosts, hunting for their prey on silent wings. They make their home in the Canadian ...

MARQUETTE, MI -- Large numbers of white snowy owls, magnificent birds from the Arctic tundra, started showing up in the Upper Peninsula in October in an influx known as an "irruption." Since then ...

Snowy Owl Sighting (Essay) NPR's Fred Wasser tells us about his first bird-watching trip, a search for a Snowy Owl that was spotted in Frederick County, Maryland. The white and fluffy bird breeds ...

It's a bird. It's a plane. OK, actually, it's just a bird. A snowy owl, though, to be precise. The white-winged raptor paid a special visit to Central Park on Wednesday. It was 1890 the last time ...

Snowy owls, or Bubo scandiacus, are easily identifiable because of their large size — 2 feet or more tall with wingspans of almost 5 feet — as well as their brilliant white color. Only older ...

Most snowy owls in Ohio are first-year females, who are more likely to wander this far south during the winter, per the guide. Those owls are white but heavily marked with black bars and can ...