Beautiful Snowy Owl Takes Southern California Vacation

[Left Coast]

This gorgeous creature decided to see what all the hype was about in LA, apparently.

Rare sighting of snowy owl draws thousands to California suburb

But seriously, such a beautiful animal.

 

[Viker]

That is a beautiful bird. Such a rare treat in those parts.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Owls are amazing and awesome. Thanks for sharing!!

Got swooped by one at night once (was putting out the bins and I guess it responded to movement before realising I wasn't a possum or mouse. It just gracefully curved it's flight and arced back to the big gum it had launched from, but...
1) With wings spread and approaching, it looked much bigger than I'd normally suspect.
2) It was silent. Like...completely ninja silent.

It was one of these bad boys...
Powerful owl - Wikipedia

I momentarily reflected on how many mice have been in the position I was in.
*shudders*

 

[Subduction Zone]

Shhh! Don't tell @John53 . . . oops!

 

[John53]

Shhh! Don't tell @John53 . . . oops!

Owls are my nemesis, only ones I've photographed were in a raptor rehab centre so they don't count for the bird nerd list.

 

[ChristineM]

This gorgeous creature decided to see what all the hype was about in LA, apparently.

Rare sighting of snowy owl draws thousands to California suburb

But seriously, such a beautiful animal.

Owls are amazing and awesome. Thanks for sharing!!

Got swooped by one at night once (was putting out the bins and I guess it responded to movement before realising I wasn't a possum or mouse. It just gracefully curved it's flight and arced back to the big gum it had launched from, but...
1) With wings spread and approaching, it looked much bigger than I'd normally suspect.
2) It was silent. Like...completely ninja silent.

It was one of these bad boys...
Powerful owl - Wikipedia

I momentarily reflected on how many mice have been in the position I was in.
*shudders*

Beautiful animal, thanks for sharing it.

There is one (sometimes two) who live close to me. I hear it (or them) in the morning a mournful hoo-hoo-oooo (or some sort of conversation going on). I never see them though... By the sound i guess they are tawny owls.

One time i was driving along a country road at night. An eagle owl flew towards me in the headlights. I was moving fairly quickly, breaking hard. Closer and closer until at the last moment it swooped up over the windscreen. A serious and scary amount of bird .

 

[Left Coast]

Owls are amazing and awesome. Thanks for sharing!!

Got swooped by one at night once (was putting out the bins and I guess it responded to movement before realising I wasn't a possum or mouse. It just gracefully curved it's flight and arced back to the big gum it had launched from, but...
1) With wings spread and approaching, it looked much bigger than I'd normally suspect.
2) It was silent. Like...completely ninja silent.

It was one of these bad boys...
Powerful owl - Wikipedia

I momentarily reflected on how many mice have been in the position I was in.
*shudders*

That is the stuff of nightmares Lewis! Hope you can continue enjoying them from a safe distance.