Name: 雪フクロウの侵入 (Snowy Owl Invasion)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T04:21:54.000Z
Duration: 3 min 39 s
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stoic sentinels in fields, farmlands,  and shorelines.

For a time they become part of the landscape,

Each of these great nomads is on a lifelong journey, spanning continents in search of food.

Individual owls have been tracked moving from Alaska to the Canadian Arctic to Russia

Some wander the pack ice, hundreds of miles from land where they feed in Arctic darkness on seabirds.

And in some winters, many of them come south.

These owls are on the coast of Washington.

A summer of lemming abundance in the Arctic produced lots of young owls and

competition for food further north may have pushed them here.

Wet plumage in the early morning on the feet and under the tail

reveals they're not only preying  on voles and rats

but also on shorebirds and waterfowl snatched from the water with their hooked talons.

For most of the day they roost motionless to  conserve energy.

But they often break their  stillness to preen,

revealing the depth of the insulated plumage

that  allows them to endure the bitter cold wind of the usual Arctic environment.

Feathers even cover their powerful feet and toes

This dense plumage makes them seem much larger  than they actually are.

Their heads are scarcely more than two incredibly sensitive eyes and ears with a brain.

in-between and a raptor’s beak and gullet.

The unpredictability of Snowy Owl behavior and movements is part of their allure.

When one of these Arctic wanderers comes south to reside briefly in a farmer’s field,

we get to glimpse a moment in a long food-driven journey