The challenge of photographing Snowy Owls

If you've never had the chance to look for Snowy Owls, this photo is an example of how challenging a search can be. Occasionally, you might find one perched fairly close on a tall power pole at the edge of the road. More often than not, though, you see a brilliant splash of white in the middle, or at the far side, of an enormous field. They may be perched on such things as one of the irrigation structures seen in the background in this photo, on a very distant fence, or on the ground. Even in a tree, if you are really lucky - think I've only ever seen a Snowy in a tree on two occasions.

This photo was taken on 20 December 2014, when my youngest daughter and I went E and NE of the city for the day. Not the best photo, but at least it shows how the white bird shows up, even when extremely distant.