snowy owl and northern harrier in duxbury, ma

After watching this beautiful video about a rare invasion of Snowy Owls into the United States this winter, I made it my mission to get pictures of the elusive raptor that usually remains up in arctic regions. After receiving a tip from another friendly photographer, I woke up early, drove 60 miles, hiked 2 miles in 5 degree weather, and found the snowy owl I was after – mission accomplished – my first pics of a wild snowy:

There was also a Northern Harrier successfully hunting rodents in the dunes:

5 Jan ’12 Filed under Northern Harriers, Owls. Post a comment.

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Andi V.

Posted 5 Jan ’12 at 1:26 pm | Permalink

Magical!

- Peter Green
  
  Posted 5 Jan ’12 at 3:09 pm | Permalink
  
  Agreed.
Mona V.

Posted 5 Jan ’12 at 2:54 pm | Permalink

beautiful

Amy sullivan

Posted 5 Jan ’12 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

Your photography is Amazing.

snowy owl and northern harrier in duxbury, ma

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