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Definition of snowy owl in English: snowy owlnoun A large northern owl that breeds mainly in the Arctic tundra, the male being entirely white and the female having darker markings. Nyctea scandiaca, family Strigidae Example sentencesExamples - In Britain we have one very rare species which is the snowy owl but this does not breed here, being only a winter visitor to Scotland.
- Researchers are also studying Arctic foxes, lemmings, snowy owls and vegetation.
- On his shoulder rested a beautiful snowy owl, while in his arms was a baby raccoon.
- In one case, a female Steller's eider was killed by a snowy owl, after which her ducklings were adopted into a nearby brood.
- During our study, pomarine jaegers and snowy owls nested only in the same years as Steller's eiders.
- Raptors such as peregrine falcon, rough-legged hawk, and snowy owl can also be found throughout the town.
- A recent lack of observations in late fall and during winter may explain the apparent absences of four species: rough-legged hawk, snowy owl, short-eared owl, and common raven.
- The booth is loads of fun, I learned that a couple in Dakota Country has three ring-necked doves in their backyard and a couple from Blooming had a snowy owl in their yard last week.
- On the other hand, there is a rich community of specialist and generalist predators (arctic foxes, stoats, snowy owls, rough-legged hawks, gulls, jaegers and ravens), all of which feed on lemmings.
- The snowy owls that star in the eponymous books and films just look so darn cute, and their chicks even more so.
- The vertebrate class Aves includes the birds, an extremely distinctive and successful clade, with an estimated 9000 species worldwide, including the snowy owl pictured here.
- In addition, snowy owls, rough-legged hawks, and stoats are also present and prey on lemmings but not on geese.
- Alison was painting a snowy owl, Migel a crow and Katrina a hummingbird.
- The evidence of past glacial activity is obvious, though, and there is an abundance of cold-climate wildlife: ptarmigan and hares whose coats turn pure white in winter, reindeer, and even snowy owls.
- This morning at the shed near where the snowy owl had perched, two men are unloading fertilizer and preparing to put it on the field.
- She crept behind a bush, seeing a snowy owl a few feet away with a cave in the background, standing over a rabbit, hooting victoriously to itself.
- A snowy owl glided low down past me, brushing my leg with its great wing.
- Big Oil wants to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - which would harm polar bears, snowy owls and other arctic wildlife.
- Children are legally allowed to keep the birds and while snowy owls such as Hedwig are difficult to come by, a barn owl can be bought for as little as £30 to £40.
- The goose-predator interaction is further complicated by the presence of nesting snowy owls in peak lemming years.
Definition of snowy owl in US English: snowy owlnounˈsnōē oul A large northern owl that breeds mainly in the Arctic tundra, the male being entirely white and the female having darker markings. Nyctea scandiaca, family Strigidae Example sentencesExamples - The evidence of past glacial activity is obvious, though, and there is an abundance of cold-climate wildlife: ptarmigan and hares whose coats turn pure white in winter, reindeer, and even snowy owls.
- A recent lack of observations in late fall and during winter may explain the apparent absences of four species: rough-legged hawk, snowy owl, short-eared owl, and common raven.
- In addition, snowy owls, rough-legged hawks, and stoats are also present and prey on lemmings but not on geese.
- The vertebrate class Aves includes the birds, an extremely distinctive and successful clade, with an estimated 9000 species worldwide, including the snowy owl pictured here.
- On the other hand, there is a rich community of specialist and generalist predators (arctic foxes, stoats, snowy owls, rough-legged hawks, gulls, jaegers and ravens), all of which feed on lemmings.
- Big Oil wants to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - which would harm polar bears, snowy owls and other arctic wildlife.
- On his shoulder rested a beautiful snowy owl, while in his arms was a baby raccoon.
- During our study, pomarine jaegers and snowy owls nested only in the same years as Steller's eiders.
- Alison was painting a snowy owl, Migel a crow and Katrina a hummingbird.
- Children are legally allowed to keep the birds and while snowy owls such as Hedwig are difficult to come by, a barn owl can be bought for as little as £30 to £40.
- The booth is loads of fun, I learned that a couple in Dakota Country has three ring-necked doves in their backyard and a couple from Blooming had a snowy owl in their yard last week.
- Raptors such as peregrine falcon, rough-legged hawk, and snowy owl can also be found throughout the town.
- Researchers are also studying Arctic foxes, lemmings, snowy owls and vegetation.
- In one case, a female Steller's eider was killed by a snowy owl, after which her ducklings were adopted into a nearby brood.
- In Britain we have one very rare species which is the snowy owl but this does not breed here, being only a winter visitor to Scotland.
- The snowy owls that star in the eponymous books and films just look so darn cute, and their chicks even more so.
- She crept behind a bush, seeing a snowy owl a few feet away with a cave in the background, standing over a rabbit, hooting victoriously to itself.
- A snowy owl glided low down past me, brushing my leg with its great wing.
- This morning at the shed near where the snowy owl had perched, two men are unloading fertilizer and preparing to put it on the field.
- The goose-predator interaction is further complicated by the presence of nesting snowy owls in peak lemming years.
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