Snowy owl on ‘Dispatch’ front page found dead returns to wild after rehab in DuPage leaves Arctic home for Indiana visit Outdoors notes sightings owls soar south from rare mass migration BirdWatchers Revel Unusual Spike Owl Sightings

Saved snowy owl to be released A snowy owl, rare in the Chicago area, is expected to be released Monday after being injured by an SUV on Nov. 30 The snowy owl that will be released in a forest preserve Monday has made two dramatic journeys — one from the Arctic Circle, the other from the grill of an SUV in Hampshire. Snowy owl returns to wild after rehab in DuPage A young female snowy owl that was seriously injured in November when it was struck by a SUV near Hampshire was released back into the wild Monday after being treated at Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn. Officials hope the owl, which normally would live on the tundra, will make her way north. Bird-Watchers Revel in Unusual Spike in Snowy Owl Sightings High numbers of the white birds have been spotted from coast to coast, stirring speculation about the cause of the spike. Snowy Owl Set Free After Being Hit By SUV Monday was flight day for a snowy owl whose journey spanned the Arctic, a car collision, rehab, and now, freedom. Snowy owl visits Ellis County Hedwig -- the snowy owl of Harry Potter fame -- has made his way into Ellis County. The bird joins the 80-or-so snowy owls in Kansas that have left the arctic tundra in search of food. Mystery bird: Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus | @GrrlScientist This far northern mystery bird is out of its normal range (includes video!) Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus (synonyms, Bubo scandiaca, Nyctea nyctea and Nyctea scandiaca ; protonym, Strix scandiaca ), Linnaeus, 1758, also known as the (great) white owl, Arctic owl or as the harfang, photographed on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area , Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (USA). Image: Dave ... Snowy owls soar south from Arctic in rare mass migration SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass southern migration that a leading owl researcher called "unbelievable." Thousands of the snow-white birds, which stand 2 feet tall with 5-foot wingspans, have been spotted from coast to coast, feeding in farmlands in Idaho, roosting on ... Snowy Owl Heaven A snowy owl takes flight Monday morning from its haunt on Polson Hill in Montana. Snowy owls have migrated to the Mission Valley in impressive numbers this winter. Plight of a snowy owl When Tom Danilovich of Creston walked outside to take his wife Allison to work the morning of Dec. 23, he couldn't believe his eyes. There was a snowy owl sitting right by their sidewalk. BC-IL--Snowy Owl-Release,116 GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP) -- A snowy owl struck by a SUV in November has been released into a forest preserve in suburban Chicago. The Daily Herald reports (http://bit.ly/yO6STx) the bird was released Monday morning into Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve near Bartlett.
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http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/01/13/snowy-owl-starved-to-death-bird-expert-says.html
http://dailyherald.com/article/20120123/news/701239819/
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/g1QeyEwrMnY/us-owls-migration-idUSTRE80R0MP20120128
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