Birds of Prey
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A collection of images of birds of prey including snowy owls, northern hawk owls, burrowing owls, eagles and hawks
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18 imagesImages of snowy owls. Photographed at Boundary Bay, British Columbia and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My first encounter with a snowy owl was on the tundra above the Arctic Circle in Alaska while in search of polar bears. I fell in love with these beautiful owls and hoped to someday be able to get a closer, sharper, higher quality photograph than the one I shot that day. Subsequently, I traveled to South Dakota, where 30 were reported at Lake Andes. No luck. Traveled to Vancouver several times, where 20 were reported, but did not get THE shot. I made numerous trips to the fields near Denver International Airport for a reported snowy owl. I never found it. It could be considered an obsession. Finally, on a trip to Calgary, Canada where the snowy owls are known to gather, I captured the photograph that I thought that I would never get. A male snowy owl (all white), flying toward the camera at sunset. My obsession has been cured.