Bubo acadicus
(L 8" WS 17" Wt 2.8 oz)
Summer far north of the Arctic Circle
of Alaska, Canada and Eurasia ...are
diurnal, unlike most owls.
Montrose Harbor
Chicago
19Dec2013
Snowy owls confirm that not all
who wander are lost.
(Noah Stryker)
Bubo in Latin means eagle-owl;
acadicus is after Acadia, a former
French colony in eastern Canada.
Total population
estimated at 28,000.
© Gerrit Vyn
Macaulay
Library