Photo courtesy of Ecology.com

In my prior life, I was a raptor handler for a wildlife center in California, and one of my favourite birds to handle was the snowy owl. They are beautiful, serene, utterly gracious creatures…and normally not seen in the wild outside northern Canada and Alaska. But apparently the food population has dipped in Alaska, so some owls have been making the trek south to Seattle for food.

Currently, three separate owls have been spotted in Whatcom County, one in downtown Bellevue near the TCI, Inc, offices, and a final one in Discovery Park. So, take those new cameras out and go find yourself a snowy owl to photograph!