ever seen a Snowy Owl?

wum · #1 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

you know, that owl in Harry Potter

apparently they migrate as far as southern Canada and into the Dakotas.

mapleleaf4ever · #2 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

Yup, seen a lot of different kinds of Birds of Prey at work.

wum · #3 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

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Yup, seen a lot of different kinds of Birds of Prey at work.

who do you work for? national geographic?

mapleleaf4ever · #4 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

An Airport... there just happens to be a lot of Hawks, Falcons, Eagles and Owls out there.

wum · #5 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

those birds are so sick. i'd love to have a bird messenger, like Hedwig.

edit: this one's got a wingspan of 5 feet

mapleleaf4ever · #6 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

It's awesome to watch Owls hunt. They just hover there watching and then strike. SOOOOO COOOL!

djmarkpaul · #7 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

Snowy owls are the shit, Molech eat your baby's heart out!

PS

Yes once, at an animal shelter, I was young but still wanted to take it and set it free, or train it as a messenger and have it sit on one of those cool leather gloves that they perch on.

Mr.Dave · #8 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

I did a project on them in grade 4! You should see the picture I drew.

dapimpstress · #9 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

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I did a project on them in grade 4! You should see the picture I drew.

well lets see it! *waits for pic in suspense*

tvmann · #10 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

Would see snowy owls all the time back in Northern Ontario but I dunno if they are still common. One was always sitting on a telephone pole at my first school and the teachers were worried it would go after a little kid.

Big owls around here would swoop down on my cat to get a mouse away from it. Kitty would just drop the mouse and run away.

justa~gurl · #11 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

no, i don't think i've seen one of those.. i've seen barn owls... and other kinds..

they are so beautiful

i want to see Dave's picture..

wum · #12 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

ever wonder how they train birds to deliver messages? how do they know where to go?

wum · #13 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

here's the gallery i got them from

http://www.owlpages.com/species/nyct...a/gallery.html

craz_e_blossom · #14 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

I love snowy owls...I would love to own one as a pet...That would be the coolest pet in the world...

wum · #15 (**permalink**) Apr 16, 05

the all-white male ones look demonic

Kelster · #16 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 05

there's one left at OWL at boundary bay! the other one died a couple montsh ago :(

wum · #17 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 05

*thump*

Mr.Dave · #18 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 05

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Originally Posted by justa~gurl

no, i don't think i've seen one of those.. i've seen barn owls... and other kinds..

they are so beautiful

i want to see Dave's picture..

I think it's in my parents' basement right now. I'll have a look for it when I go back in a few weeks!

justin · #19 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

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An Airport... there just happens to be a lot of Hawks, Falcons, Eagles and Owls out there.

lol how ironic :P
O.W.L being beside boundray bay airport and releasing all that we can't return to their own areas (due to danger like ones hit by car) on the property sure boosted the bird of prey population in ladner over the years

Asheai · #20 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

i know this threads a little outdated, but i saw the COOLEST snowy owl once on my way home from my parents at like midnight. it was sitting on the side of the road and not moving as we drove past. we thought it was injured so we turned around and went back and parked by it. as soon as we got out of the car, though, it took off...it was the sweetest sight ever - it was sooo big and beautiful, seriously took the breath away...

justin · #21 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

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i know this threads a little outdated, but i saw the COOLEST snowy owl once on my way home from my parents at like midnight. it was sitting on the side of the road and not moving as we drove past. we thought it was injured so we turned around and went back and parked by it. as soon as we got out of the car, though, it took off...it was the sweetest sight ever - it was sooo big and beautiful, seriously took the breath away...

that's awesome that you guys stopped to check if he was alright
and that he flew off :)
it's too often that they are HBC (hit by car)
infact that's the reason of injury for 40% of the 300 birds of prey we get into my work per year

here's a pic of the 2 snowy owls that are non-releaseable residents at OWL.
piggy & kermit.. piggy was hit by a plane in 1992, amazing he's still with us (minus a wing)

jono · #22 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

At my friend Robyn's place in Duncan a couple weeks ago. She has a birds of prey refuge at her house and her and her Mom run the birds of prey show up Grouse in the summer.

justin · #23 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

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At my friend Robyn's place in Duncan a couple weeks ago. She has a birds of prey refuge at her house and her and her Mom run the birds of prey show up Grouse in the summer.

sweet, so she's an independant rehabber?
that's what i want to do in the future, right now i'm supervisor at the largest BOP rehab in bc, (its in ladner) but i'd love to move to somewhere remote and start my own up!

justin · #24 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

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At my friend Robyn's place in Duncan a couple weeks ago. She has a birds of prey refuge at her house and her and her Mom run the birds of prey show up Grouse in the summer.

oh and that wrap for the perch in that pic is the best you can get for their talons.. nice :D

jono · #25 (**permalink**) Nov 29, 05

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sweet, so she's an independant rehabber?
that's what i want to do in the future, right now i'm supervisor at the largest BOP rehab in bc, (its in ladner) but i'd love to move to somewhere remote and start my own up!

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oh and that wrap for the perch in that pic is the best you can get for their talons.. nice :D

I may have been wrong when I said "refuge" I just used that word cause it's the only word I know that describes this sort of thing. Basically I went to her place with a bunch of friends to hang out and drink for a night. In the morning she showed us around all the birds. It was really sweet, I felt like a kid going to the zoo.

And when I found out she has an O RLY owl I was giddy with anticipation to see the goofy look it had on its face.

Here's a link to her place. http://www.pnwraptors.com/

They were living up Grouse in the summer to do the show there, and as far as I know they'll be back next summer.