Snowy Glow

My first encounter with a snowy owl was on the tundra above the Arctic Circle while in search of polar bears. I fell in love with these beautiful owls and hoped to someday be able to get a closer, sharper, higher quality photograph than the one I shot that day. Over the next four years I have traveled to South Dakota where 30 were reported at Lake Andes. No luck. Traveled to Vancouver several times, where 20 were reported, but did not get THE shot. I made numerous trips to the fields near Denver International Airport for a reported snowy owl. I never found it. It could be considered an obsession. Finally on a trip to Calgary, Canada where the snowy owls are known to frequent, I captured the photograph that I thought that I would never see. A male snowy owl (all white), flying towards the camera at sunset. My obsession has been cured.