Snowy Owls - Winter 2015/2016

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What a majestic bird! Snowy owls have been visiting Michigan the last few winters as part of a massive outreach of there traditional arctic range due to an abundance of food in the arctic (lemmings) and a booming population.

We will go to the Shiawassee National Wildlife Area in Michigan this year and try to find and photograph few of these great birds.

"Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1953 and contains more than 9,800 acres of marsh, bottomland hardwood forest, and grasslands. It was authorized by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act “...for use as an inviolate sanctuary, or for any other management purpose, for migratory birds.” Additional purposes designated under the Refuge Recreation Act are “…incidental fish and wildlife-oriented recreational development, the protection of natural resources, and the conservation of endangered and threatened species.”