McGraw said that without getting a feather for analysis, there's simply no way to be sure. Scott Weidensaul, a co-founder of Project SNOWstorm, a volunteer snowy owl research group, says his ...

The brown spots on snowy owls’ feathers usually get wider as they age, so the size of the California owl’s spots suggest it could have been born within the last couple years, Spurgeon said.

There’s a certain majesty to seeing an owl — and especially a snowy owl. Soaring down to the United States during nonbreeding ...

This owl, seemingly one of a kind due to it ... Molting is the process where old worn feathers are replaced by new feathers. Snowy owls have a complex molting cycle and molt throughout the ...

It was a snowy owl with a bright orange pattern on what should have been white feathers with dark bars. The amateur wildlife photographer covered hundreds of miles through the rural countryside in ...

While photographing wildlife in eastern Michigan, Julie Maggert spotted a snowy owl with orange coloring on some of its feathers, leaving her to wonder whether it was a rare pigmentation or ...

Julie Maggert, a snowy owl enthusiast, heard of Mr. Diller’s ... “We’d need to get feathers from this bird to understand the nature of the unique coloring,” he said. Geoffrey Hill, an ...

The snowy owl has stayed in the exact spot for more ... She is strikingly beautiful with her white feathers, speckled in black and brown. She appears to have a little half smile.

Through binoculars, I could see it was a male snowy owl. His body was covered in thick, white down, offset by a black beak, black talons and a few black dots on his feathers. His head swiveled ...

The eyes are yellow and the beak nearly flat against the face, partly hidden by insulating feathers. Jen Brumfield, natural resources coordinator for Cleveland Metroparks, calls the snowy owl a ...

(WLUK) -- Wildlife officials say a snowy owl found dead in southern Wisconsin ... Based on the New Glarus bird's feather patterns, it was within the first year of its life. Onlookers of snowy ...