Sunday 19 February 2012

Snowy Owl - February 18, 2012

After seeing John E. Marriot's Snowy Owl photos from Vancouver, I had hoped to get some more shots other then my standard sitting on a power pole photo.

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Luckily on February 18, I found a Snowy Owl that didn't mind have it's picture taken.

This one was taken on the side of highway south of Wood Mountain, SK Canada.

Snowy Owl - IMG9778

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After pulling over onto a grid road I was able to get some more photos.
Below is a picture of where I shot most of my Snowy Owl photos from... 

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Started out from the driver's side door...

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 I walked to back of my SUV, opened the back hatch and sat there for a while... 

Snowy Owl - IMG9812

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I decided to cross the highway and got halfway across the road (luckily it's not a busy highway) before it took off...

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