Invasion From Canada

Photo from the Smithsonian

They are being seen all over southern New England:  Large, white, with round heads and yellow eyes.

They are snowy owls, one of the largest of all owls.  I've never seen one in the wild.

Normally snowy owls stay up north in the tundra, eating tasty lemmings.  However, lemming populations can crash suddenly, leaving the owls to head south.

Once here, they look for areas that are similar to the tundra - open, flat, treeless.  They are rarely seen in trees.  So far they have shown up around the beach at Stratford and Milford point.

Their arrival was expected, as the lemming population up north has crashed.  Now I just need to go out and find one.