I have to be honest…for as much fun as I’ve had watching and studying the Shorties, I really wanted to try to capture one with some snowfall. Today I got my wish. It would be hard to take much credit for anything other than pressing the shutter button – well maybe the research counts for … Read more
The early winter of 2017 had many reports of Snowy Owl sightings around much of Iowa…and this kind of news would get any midwest birder excited. We simply don’t see them here very much. In fact, I had never viewed a Snowy before in my life. I had certainly tried. Countless trips, chasing any lead that seemed reasonable, amounted to nothing for over a month. But with the help of friends, on the eve of Christmas, this almost mythical bird of the arctic tundra would stare back at me, eye to eye, for the first time.