Female snowy owl

Today as we were driving we noticed a large owl perched on the top of an old abandoned school house. This was one of those one room survivors that someone has maintained and it sits in an area with no trees or brush, just vacant field.

At first it looked as if it might have been one of those “fake owls” used to keep other birds away. We turned around and went back to see that it was a very large dirty white/grey with a very round head. She did not pay strict attention to us but she kept an eye on us.

Unfortunately we did not have one frame left in the camera so we were not able to get a photo. Finally she flew away and the wing spread must have been almost 4 feet. She glided to the top of a telephone pole, probably waiting to find dinner.

We will go back in a day or some with the camera and try to get a photo.