Snowy owl

by Gina Tsoi
by Maddisyn Krischer

Snowy owls

by Gina Tsoi
by Maddisyn Krischer

Table of Contents

Introduction.........................4

Food ..............................................5

Communicate.................................7

What they look like?.........................8

Hunting For Food ....................................9

Life cycle ............................10

Predators ............................12

Live around the Arctic circle ..................11

Endanger .........................13

Glossary...................................14

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Introduction

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You might think that snowy owls are creepy night owls that hunt in the night. But the truth is that they are nice creatures that can hunt in the daytime and night. In this book you will learn the most interesting thing about snowy owls.

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Food

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You might think that snowy owls eat worms and things other birds eat.You are wrong! Snowy owls are omnivores. They eat moles, voles, muskrats, raccoons, ducks and geese. Some snowy owls eat different owls and amphibians. They even eat mammals, large hares, fish, song birds and medium size geese.

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Snowy owl eating geese

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picture of a lemming

Snowy owls mostly eat lemmings because it is there favorite food and there are a lot of them in where they live. Adults eat 3 or 5 lemmings a day. A lemming is a small furry plant eater. An owl adaptation is their sharp beak and claws that help them catch and tear apart their prey. Snowy owls eat insects, crustaceans, and cold blooded animals. Snowy owls eat many types of food except worms, sandwiches and ice cream.

Communicate

Male snowy owls are some times good talkers and great hunters. Snowy owls mostly are silent though owls during the day.

The winter snowy owls have feathers and they say Kre kre and they say rick rick. When they came for scientists to see what they do. In their cage when predators come when the male or female go get food for there baby owls,That in there nest they get taking away when when they are eating when they approached there nest so when they eat they are not mad.

What They Look Like?

Snowy owls blend in white or snowy places. Female have darker markings out lines male owls grow whiter in age look like white narrow spare and yellow, eyes, black lead round with her tuft very small.

Hunting For Food

Snowy owls hunt very differently from other owls. You would find the most interesting thing you have never thought of in this chapter. Snowy owls love hunting in treeless places. This might sound weird but snowy owls hunt in the daytime and night time too.They usually sit on the ground or swoop to hunt. Some snowy owls know how to Swim to hunt for crustaceans. After they take a swim they dry of on land or else they won't be able to fly.

Life Cycle

You might think that all birds lay their eggs in nests. But snowy owls don't. Snowy owls lay their eggs on the ground. Males or females shape the nest. It takes 32 or 35 days to hatch. The female decides where she wants to lay her eggs. The male guards her and her eggs to protect them from predators. The male feeds the female that is laying eggs or sitting on them. Female owls sits on their eggs until they hatch. Month in a half old. Young snowy owls fly very well, but their parent still have to care of them about 10 weeks or more.