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	SNOWY OWL -- Kids' Planet -- Defenders of Wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Snowy owls, which are among the largest North American owl species and are similar in size to great horned owls, are about 23 inches in length.
		In North America, snowy owls are found during the breeding season in the western Aleutians, northern Alaska (including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), throughout the Canadian Arctic Islands, coastal western Alaska (Hooper Bay), the northern Yukon, northern MacKenzie, southern Keewatin, northeastern Manitoba (Churchill), northern Quebec and northern Labrador.
		Snowy owls are highly nomadic and their movements are tied to the abundance of their primary prey species, lemmings.
	www.kidsplanet.org /factsheets/snowyowl.html (523 words)

	Snowy Owl
		Snowy owls also tend to go to airports because of the mice and other small rodents that run around on the ground.
		The snowy owl is actually one of the largest birds on the tundra.
		When we went to the Utica Zoo to observe the snowy owl, it was kept in a large cage outdoors.
	www.lsb.syr.edu /projects/cyberzoo/snowyowl.html (639 words)

	animal template
		The snowy owl is considered to be one of the largest and most attractive of the owls.
		The snowy owl weighs 4 to 6 pounds and is 21 inches to 26 inches in length.
		Owls usually hunt at night, but because the snowy owl lives in the Arctic where there is no darkness in winter, they must hunt for their food during the day.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /snowy_owl.htm (703 words)

	Snowy Owl
		HABITAT: Snowy Owls are circumpolar and live in the tundra regions between tree line and the polar seas in the Northern Hemisphere.
		This owl has many hunting strategies, including swooping onto prey from a perch, taking birds in the air or from the surface of the water, and snatching prey while walking on the ground.
		Owls living at higher, colder latitudes, like the Snowy Owl, tend to have more heavily feathered legs and toes, compared to owls in lower, warmer latitudes.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/owls/snowyowl.html (367 words)

	Snowy Owl
		The Snowy Owl is found north of the limits of trees on the tundras of northern Scandinavia, Russia, Alaska and Canada, below the regions of land perpetually covered with snow and ice.
		In Snowy Owls the sexes are easily distinguished by their colouring, the males are almost pure white and the females have dark bars across all of the body and wings.
		One estimate of the average lifespan of the Snowy Owl is 5 years, this is based on the estimates to maintain a stable population given the amount of food available and it may be very low, due to the very high mortality rate in the first year of life.
	www.pauldfrost.co.uk /snowyowl.html (1251 words)

	SFC: Snowy Owl
		Snowy Owl's build their nest in a place that is crawling with lemmings since the lemming and other small ground animals make 80% of the owls food.
		The female Snowy Owl has white feathers which are brown and gray freckled, Predators can't easily find the female Snowy Owl when she is mating because her brown and gray dotted white feathers help her blend into the background.
		The Snowy Owl is one of the smallest numbers of birds that have feathers on their legs and feet.
	www.thewildones.org /SFC/Seana/zak.html (1460 words)

	Snowy Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, of the family Strigidae, is a large (length: 24 inches, wingspan: 4 feet 7 inches) white owl with rounded head and yellow eyes.
		Snowy Owls show little fear of human activities, and so it is not uncommon to see one perched on the roof of a building or on a highway sign beside an airport.
		The owls are usually silent in winter, but on their breeding grounds they hoot, whistle, rattle and bark.
	aviary.owls.com /snowy_owl/snowy_owl.html (250 words)

	Snowy Owl
		Because their feathers are nearly all white, snowy owls seem to “vanish” as they fly across snowy landscapes.
		Snowy owls are found mainly in the tundra of northern North America, but have also been seen as far south as Oklahoma, Northern Alabama, and Central California.
		Snowy owls lay 5 to 8 eggs, but in years with large lemming populations they can produce up to 14 eggs, which are incubated by the female and hatch after 32 to 34 days.
	www.wcs.org /67378/factsheetarchive/factsheet-snowyowl (365 words)

	Seattle Parks & Recreation: Discovery Park - Snowy Owl
		Snowy owls can be almost two feet high with a wingspan of nearly five feet and weigh up to four pounds.
		Snowy Owls are mainly dependent on lemmings and voles for food throughout most of their Arctic and wintering range.
		Snowy Owls are a circumpolar population found in Arctic regions of the old and new worlds.
	www.ci.seattle.wa.us /parks/parkspaces/DiscoveryPark/owl.htm (425 words)

	Snowy Owl
		Snowy owls are native to Labrador above the tree line; winter visitor to Southern Labrador and the Island when food is scarce in the Arctic.
		A snowy owl may lay up to 10 eggs when food is plenty and none at all when prey numbers such as the lemmings are low.
		In one case, a young owl was sent to a rehabilitator in Ontario, who trained the bird to hunt and then released it to the wild.
	www.env.gov.nl.ca /snp/Animals/snowy_owl.htm (378 words)

	Snowy Owl. Bird Watching Snowy Owls
		Both sexes of the Snowy Owl have dark bars and spots although they are heavier on the larger female; old males may be pure white.
		Distribution - The snowy owl breeds in northern Alaska and in northernmost Canada; winters are spent throughout Canada and in northern United States.
		Snowy Owls prefer open country such as tundra, dunes, marshes, fields, plains and airports in the winter.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/birds/snowyowl.htm (153 words)

	Snowy Owl
		Snowy Owls breed in open country between the tree line and the sea, from coastal Alaska across Canada to Labrador.
		Snowy Owls may therefore irrupt from some portions of their breeding grounds, but not from others, in any given year.
		Snowy Owl nests are scrapes on the ground, formed into a shallow, rounded depression by the female.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /snowy_owl_info.htm (708 words)

	Snowy Owls
		The snowy owl is easily identified by its white plumage, round earless head and broad white wings.
		The snowy owl is well-equipped with layers of soft, downy feathers and long hair-like plumage covers and protects their legs and feet against the icy blasts, so it isn't cold weather Wisconsin.
		But by one estimate, an adult snowy owl eats three to five of the 3-ounce lemmings a day, and a pair with a brood of nine owlets--not an unusual number--would consume 1,900 to 2,600 lemmings between May and September.
	www.stemnet.nf.ca /CITE/owls_snowy.htm (765 words)

	Arctic Studies Center
		Snowy Owls are found only in the Arctic, and are seen most commonly sitting very still on the tundra.
		Snowy Owls are about the size of a Great Horned Owl but are different in that they will hunt during the day and that they have two different colors of plumage depending upon the season.
		Snowy Owls do not fly south in the winter, but will stay wherever there is food to eat.
	www.mnh.si.edu /arctic/html/owl.html (432 words)

	Snowy Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Snowy owl's feathers are soft, their tails are short and square.
		The eyes of the snowy owls are in the front of their face rather than on the sides like some animals.
		Snowy owls not only have upper and lower eyelids, but they also have a transparent eyelid called a nictitating membrane which protects their eyes even more.
	www.ucls.uchicago.edu /students/projects/1996-97/Hillocks96/snowy_owl.html (578 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Snowy Owl
		Snowy Owls that winter in southern Canada and the northern United States begin moving northward to their arctic breeding grounds in February and March.
		Owls sometimes gather in pairs or small groups at this time, and occasionally as many as 20 Snowy Owls may be seen perched within a few hundred metres of one another.
		The breeding of Snowy Owls is intimately related to fluctuations in lemming populations in regions where owls depend on this food supply.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?cid=7&id=76 (2411 words)

	Snowy Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The wingspan of an average snowy owl is 45"-60".
		Snowy owls have ability to hunt for their prey silently.
		Snowy owls lay their eggs on hummocks because there aren't any trees in the Arctic.
	smcdsb.on.ca /ffx/thread/Arctic/Snowyowl/snowy_owl.htm (131 words)

	Eco Field Guide: Snowy Owl
		Snowy owls are large birds, averaging 63 cm with a 145 cm wingspan.
		To blend in with their habitat, snowy owls are brownish in the summer and completely white in the winter.
		Snowy owl populations are now healthy because hunting snowy owl has been banned.
	www.ecokids.ca /pub/eco_info/topics/field_guide/birds/snowy_owl.cfm (246 words)

	Snowy Owl - Bubo scandiacus - Information, Pictures, Sounds
		Snowy Owls are mainly dependent on lemmings and voles throughout most of their Arctic and wintering range.
		Snowy Owls are single brooded and likely do not lay replacement clutches if their first clutch is lost.
		In North America, Snowy Owls breed in the western Aleutian Islands, and from northern Alaska, northern Yukon, and Prince Patrick and northern Ellesmere islands south to coastal western Alaska, northern Mackenzie, southern Keewatin, extreme northeastern Manitoba, Southampton and Belcher islands, northern Quebec and northern Labrador.
	www.owlpages.com /owls.php?genus=Bubo&species=scandiacus (1439 words)

	Snowy owl: Nature Snapshots from Minnesota DNR: Minnesota DNR
		The female snowy owl lays her eggs on a grassy hummock in the arctic.
		Snowy owls live on arctic tundra, open grasslands and fields, and even on frozen stretches of water.
		The snowy owl is well camouflaged to hunt its prey in snow-covered areas.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /snapshots/birds/snowyowl.html (345 words)

	NPWRC :: The Owls of North Dakota
		The range of the snowy owl is circumpolar, being located throughout the Arctic regions of the Old and New World.
		The snowy owl nests on the ground north of the treeline, usually on the summit of a hillock or other rise of land.
		The snowy owl is active day and night and is a particular predator on mice and lemmings on their breeding grounds.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/owls/nyctscan.htm (292 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Animals - Children's Zone - Amazing Animals - Snowy owl
		The snowy owl is one of the largest owls in the world with a wingspan of up to 1.5 metres.
		Snowy owls can be found in Arctic Canada, Greenland and northern USA in open grassland and rocky areas of the tundra.
		The eyes of a snowy owl are too large to move, but the bird can twist its head through 270 degrees in either direction to get a clear picture.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/reallywild/amazing/snowy_owl.shtml (279 words)

	Snowy Owl Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca) is a bird of prey that lives in the tundra of North America.
		Snowy owls are almost all white with scattered dark spots.
		Owls have a large head and large eyes that face forwards (unlike other birds, whose eyes are on the sides of their head).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/birds/printouts/Snowyowlprintout.shtml (312 words)

	Snowy Owl Biology
		The Snowy Owl is primarily diurnal (active in daytime).
		Food and Feeding: Since the Snowy Owl is distributed in the north around the world its diet is determined by the availability of food in the region it resides.
		The Snowy Owls are relatively long-lived owls that are thought to usually live to more than 10 years of age in the wild and there are records of captive birds reaching 28 years old.
	owling.com /Snowy_nh.htm (879 words)

	Tulsa, Oklahoma - Tulsawalk.com, Birds of Prey in Oklahoma, Snowy Owl
		The Snowy Owl is a very large white owl which can be as tall as a Great Horned Owl.
		This species of owl relies mostly on small rodents such as lemmings and is also capable of taking hares and large birds such as ptarmigan.
		Snowy Owls will produce large clutches, (families), in years with abundant lemmings and small clutches in lean years.
	www.tulsawalk.com /birding/snowy.html (236 words)

	Snowy Owl
		Snowy owls breed on the artic tundra of both Eurasia and North America.
		Snowy owls do not fly south for the winter but stay wherever there is food.
		Before the owls could be put in the same cage, they spent several weeks getting to know each other through a mesh fence separating their exhibits.
	www.warner.redclay.k12.de.us /snowy.htm (357 words)

	info on snowy owl
		The Snowy Owl is not likely to be confused with any other large Owl information on the snowy owl Owl because of.
		Snowy Owls are about the size of a Great Horned Owl but are different in that they will hunt.
		Snowy Owls are kept in captivity by wildlife centers...
	info-on-snowy-owl.findandgo.org (1054 words)

	Snowy Owl Video and Information
		Snowy Owls are the easiest owls to recognize.
		The Snowy Owl is a migratory bird, but adults tend to remain in the far north.
		Snowy Owls are often found feeding around airports where the vole population is high.
	www.explorebiodiversity.com /BIRDS/BirdsofWorld/video/SnowyOwl/video.html (287 words)

	Snowy Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		When spring comes in the Arctic tardra the male snowy owl stakes out a very definite amount of territory that is his home.
		A snowy owls ears are under their feathers so it look's as if they do not have ears.
		The snowy owl eat smaller birds and lemmings which are rat like rodents.
	www.thewildones.org /SFC/Seana/olga.html (364 words)

	Saranac Lake, New York Winter Carnival, Sara the Snowy Owl and the Winter Carnival Schedule In The Adirondack ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sara was a white owl (that is what they called owls like her at the time, but that name was soon to change).
		The Snowy Owl thought Hannah was referring to the Radio-Flyer wagons that many of the children in Saranac Lake had.
		Sara the Snowy Owl was a bit of a joker and that is why the children always liked her.
	www.saranaclake.com /sara.shtml (7929 words)

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