Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus

f9 @ 1/1250s, ISO:1000, Nikon D300 w 300mm and 1.4X teleconverter

\"Snowy Owl,\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This powerful bird relies primarily on lemmings and other small rodents for food during the breeding season, but at times of low prey density, or during the ptarmigan nesting period, they may switch to favoring juvenile ptarmigan. They are opportunistic hunters and prey species may vary considerably, especially in winter. They feed on a wide variety of small mammals such as meadow voles and deer mice, but will take advantage of larger prey, frequently following traplines to find food. Some of the larger mammal prey includes hares, muskrats, marmots, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, prairie dogs, rats, moles and entrapped furbearers.

Montreal, Canada

01/05/2010