Have you ever seen a polar bear or an Arctic fox walking down Main Street in your town? Probably not! That’s part of the reason people love snowy owls. It’s not every day the Arctic shows up in your backyard!
At first, people thought snowy owl irruptions meant serious trouble for the owls. They thought the owls had come south because they ran out of food. Really, the exact opposite was true. The snowy owl population increased and eventually flew south because the birds had lots of food to spare! After studying the visiting snowy owls, researchers have learned that many of them seem fat and happy.
