Friday, February 17, 2012

Feather Muse Friday GUARDIANS OF THE NORTH + BIRD COUNT



Feather Muse

THE SNOWY OWL
Bubo scandiacus is a large owl of the typical owl family Strigidae, first classified in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish naturalist who developed binomial nomenclature to classify and organize plants and animals.
More Details
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Owl
2011
A Big Flight Year
Most of them can be seen at Boundary Bay, Vancouver. They haven't been back for the winter since 2007. This beautiful bird whose home is at the arctic tundra and feed mostly on lemmings. Every few years the lemmings number drop and the snowy owls will search for food down south of the arctic.
http://youtu.be/ARnfW_cgcb0
Visit This Photographers Channel
for more stunning Videos
Here
http://www.youtube.com/user/normng

2012
Mass Migration
 
2010
 
"Legend Of The Guardians"
American-Australian computer-animated fantasy film based on the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky. Zack Snyder directed the film, with voices of Jim Sturgess, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Barclay, Helen Mirren, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, and David Wenham.
http://youtu.be/ukhIweIASyk
 The Original Books
JOIN
NORTH AMERICAN BIRD COUNT
February 17th to 20th 2012

The annual event, now in its 15th year, is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon and Bird Studies Canada. The aim of the participatory science project is to document changes in late-winter bird distributions.
IT'S EASY, FREE AND FUN
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2 comments:

deanna7trees said...

who can resist the face of an owl. I believe it was in the movie, Out of Africa, that they showed a miniature owl and ever since that time, I have loved them. great post.

Nancy said...

Amazing wingspan! My aunt collected owls, she'd love this. Thanks for the great links.