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=== Eastern Screech Owl ===
 
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[[File:Snowyowl.jpg|200px|thumb|center|Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) - © Ken Czworka]]
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[[File:Snowyowl.jpg|200px|thumb|center|Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) - © Ken Czworka]]
  
 
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(Nyctea scandiaca) The Snowy Owl can be found in Western New York during the winter months from late November through March. <br>They can be found along the Buffalo Waterfront, large, somewhat flat fields and even small airports in WNY.
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The Snowy Owl can be found in Western New York during the winter months from late November through March. <br>They can be found along the Buffalo Waterfront, large, somewhat flat fields and even small airports in WNY.<br>
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Beautiful owl. Completely white with variable amount of black markings. In general, old males are the whitest, while immature females have the most dark markings. Favors lakeshores and coastal areas with fields, marshes, piers, and sand dunes in winter. Breeds on arctic tundra and irrupts south in numbers only some winters.
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[[File:Snowyowl.jpg|200px|thumb|center|Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) - © Ken Czworka]]
 
[[File:Snowyowl.jpg|200px|thumb|center|Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) - © Ken Czworka]]
  

Revision as of 12:49, 15 February 2020

BIRDS



Birds of Prey
EaglesFalconsHawksOspreyOwls


Waterfowl
DucksGeeseSwansCormorantsLoonsGrebes


Near Shore Birds
BitternsCranesEgretsHeronsPloversRailsKingfisherPhalaropesSandpipers


Galliforms
GrousePheasantsTurkeys


Corvids
CrowsJays


Other Birds
BlackbirdsCardinalsChickadeesCreepersCuckoosDovesFinchesGrosbeaksGullsHummingbirdsKingletsLarksNight JarsNuthatchesOriolesPigeonsPipitsShrikeSparrowsStarlingsSwiftsSwallowsTernsTanagersThrashersThrushesTitmiceTowheesTyrant FlycatchersWarblersWaxwingsWoodpeckersWrensVireoVultures

Owls, like Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Hawks, are birds of prey.


Barn Owls

Barn Owl

(Tyto alba)

Typical Owls

Eastern Screech Owl

(Otus asio)


Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) - © Ken Czworka
Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) - © Ken Czworka

Great Horned Owl

(Bubo virginianus)

Snowy Owl

(Nyctea scandiaca)

The Snowy Owl can be found in Western New York during the winter months from late November through March.
They can be found along the Buffalo Waterfront, large, somewhat flat fields and even small airports in WNY.
Beautiful owl. Completely white with variable amount of black markings. In general, old males are the whitest, while immature females have the most dark markings. Favors lakeshores and coastal areas with fields, marshes, piers, and sand dunes in winter. Breeds on arctic tundra and irrupts south in numbers only some winters.


Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) - © Ken Czworka

Barred Owl

(Strix varia)

Long-Eared Owl

(Asio otus)

Short-Eared Owl

(Asio flammeus)

Northern Saw-Whet Owl

(Aegolius acadicus)

Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) - © David Malak