Magnificent one

These Snowy Owls are such amazing birds. This was one of several that three of us saw yesterday, out east of the city in the Brooks area. We were under a Chinook cloud bank the whole day, so the light was really bad. This was the first owl we found and it turned out to be the only semi-co-operative one of the bunch. The rest flew as soon as the driver starting reversing the car back to the fence post that we had passed. Despite the lack of much in the way of photo opportunties, it was a thrill to see these magnificent raptors! There have been an unusually high number of Snowy Owls seen in perhaps the last couple of weeks. The highest number reported by one person was 28, seen within a mile area.