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Snowy Owl Photos....
A great day yesterday.... we found 13 Snowy Owls! A personal best for me... Thought I would share a few pics of what we saw. I'm not a fan of shooting them on power poles, but you take what is presented. An incredible bird.
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12-17-2018, 09:04 AM
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Awesome!! Owls are such cool birds...especially these ones, lol.
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12-17-2018, 09:26 AM
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I saw quite a few more than I usually do in the hunting season in November too, all of them perched on utility poles like that.
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12-17-2018, 10:27 AM
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Beauty Pics!
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12-17-2018, 10:44 AM
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Great pics...thanks for sharing. Utility poles seem to be the perch of choice.
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12-17-2018, 10:49 AM
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A great day yesterday.... we found 13 Snowy Owls! A personal best for me... Thought I would share a few pics of what we saw. I'm not a fan of shooting them on power poles, but you take what is presented. An incredible bird.
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Nice pics & thanks for sharing.
Took in an "owls and coffee" presentation on the weekend @ The Camera Store. Guy (Rob Hadlow) had some great snowy owl photos (+most other AB owls).
Line up out the door & standing room only-cause every one loves owls.
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12-17-2018, 10:51 AM
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Looks like they are recharging on the poles  definitely some beauties. But why would you shoot them?   Ha ha camera shot  awesome have only really seen a couple myself
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12-17-2018, 11:33 AM
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Great pictures and a very cool bird!
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12-17-2018, 11:49 AM
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Great pictures. Got to get out and try that myself.
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Great pictures! Always love seeing those birds.
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12-17-2018, 12:07 PM
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Thanks for sharing, we saw two on the weekend but didn't get any pictures.
It's little things like these we love about Alberta, before we immigrated most of the animals we can now see in the wild we only saw on TV or in the zoo.
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12-17-2018, 01:40 PM
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Very cool pics, thanks for sharin!!
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12-17-2018, 02:16 PM
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Thanks for sharing ttankster... those sure are btfl birds. Do you mind saying what general area those are from? We used to see them south of Brooks a lot in the winter when working out there... almost always on power lines scanning for rabbits etc.
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Great pics...seen eleven today 5 females 6 males
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Awesome... Thanks for sharing
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12-17-2018, 03:34 PM
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12-17-2018, 03:35 PM
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Nice pics & thanks for sharing.
Took in an "owls and coffee" presentation on the weekend @ The Camera Store. Guy (Rob Hadlow) had some great snowy owl photos (+most other AB owls).
Line up out the door & standing room only-cause every one loves owls.
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Thanks for that info.... I was busy, otherwise would have driven in for that! Sounds like I would have enjoyed it!
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12-17-2018, 06:08 PM
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Nice pics. One ran into my windshield in a blizzard near Tomahawk a few years back. Hope he/she made it.
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I saw a white owl today but it didn’t have any black markings that I saw. It looked pure white as I saw it perched and when it flew off. Every winter it hangs around the same area so the Next time I’ll have to try to get a photo of it. Would this be a juvenile or maybe even a different species altogether?
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12-17-2018, 06:27 PM
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Likely a mature male....
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12-17-2018, 06:40 PM
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Great pictures, I live around half moon lake north of bon accord and we have a lot of great greys, also amazing birds.
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12-17-2018, 06:42 PM
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Pic #3, look at the talons. Quite the hunters. Thanks!
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Always nice to see the silent and deadly snowy owls. More mottled indicates a younger bird. Glad people take pics and share them. Thanks.
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Love seeing those birds each winter........ thanks for sharing great pics....
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12-17-2018, 07:10 PM
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I saw a white owl today but it didn’t have any black markings that I saw. It looked pure white as I saw it perched and when it flew off. Every winter it hangs around the same area so the Next time I’ll have to try to get a photo of it. Would this be a juvenile or maybe even a different species altogether?
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I agree with Bushmaster and Red Bullets, thank you.
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12-17-2018, 07:12 PM
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Great pictures, I live around half moon lake north of bon accord and we have a lot of great greys, also amazing birds.
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I agree curtz! Was lucky enough to find one and get some photos of the GGO hunting for mice. It was awesome!
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12-17-2018, 07:14 PM
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Not 100% sure but believe males do not have the highlited black bars, just the females... someone correct me if I am wong
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12-18-2018, 12:20 PM
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Saw one whistling into a flock of feeding Canada geese. Fierce predators.
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Nature is beautiful
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12-18-2018, 02:11 PM
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Kool Bird . Looks like it has been in to the legal weed shop . where would there be power poles of this nature <must be quote north ?
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