Arctic Owls

Information on The Taiga & Boreal Forest

Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada

Incubating adult snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, Arctic Canada

Fledgling snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its nesting hatching grounds, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Fledgling snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its nesting grounds, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Fledgling snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its nesting grounds, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Fledgling snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, on its nesting grounds, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, nest, Prince of Wales island, Arctic Canada

Snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, nest, Prince of Wales Island, Arctic Canada

Regurgitated stomach pellet from a snowy owl, Bubo Scandiaca, Arctic Canada

Incubating female Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus, arctic tundra, northern Manitoba, Canada

Newly hatching short-eared owl, Asio flammeus, chicks, Arctic Manitoba, Canada. Notice the egg tooth on the tip of the largest chick's bill.

Adult male snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, in threat display on its tundra nesting grounds, Arctic Canada

Incubating adult female snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, Arctic Canada

Snowy owl, the cock bird has fewer markings than the female. The Arctic.

Snowy owl, the cock bird has fewer markings than the female. The Arctic.