Nature in the City: The magnificent, mysterious snowy owl. Elsa Lichman. Snowy owls live and breed in the Arctic, and some migrate south to find a food source in winter.

An adult snowy owl can eat 1,600 lemmings a year as a protein source. ... The beak (nearly covered by facial feathers) is hooked and used for gripping prey and tearing flesh.

It’s gotten to the point where Jane Kelly talks about her latest reclamation project, a snowy owl named Seabrook, like an old, familiar and somewhat cantankerous friend. “He's just being a ...

About the snowy owl. Feathers: Only the male owls are all white. Female are white with spots on their wings and chicks are dark and spotted. Wingspan: About 4 1/2 feet. Weight: 3 1/2 to 6 1/2 pounds.

While rare, this is not the first winter snowy owls have descended upon Missouri. The state department says the large birds arrived in “noticeable numbers” during the winters of 2011-2012 and ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – There are several new animals coming to the Fort Wayne Zoo this season. Wild on WANE got to meet the new snowy owl before opening day. Jasper is only a year and a half.