Traffic Camera in Canada took off snowy owl

The camera lens is mounted on one of the highways of Canada, fell snowy owl. In preparation for the hunt, the bird was looking for a place to land. The site tells podrobnosti.Ministr Transport Quebec Robert so that published several shots that made January 3 automatic traffic camera mounted on the highway A-40 to the west of Montreal. Later, there was also a video showing the flight of an owl.



Ornithologists explain that such open spaces like expressways give polar owls excellent opportunities for hunting: the road surrounded by wide fields, where small rodents are well marked. Owls usually sit on the road and wait for the pillars, the victim will be in sight. Apparently, hit the shot snowy owl just looking for a place to land.

White or snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus, Nyctea scandiaca) - the largest representative of owls in the tundra. The length of her body can be up to 71 cm with a wingspan of up to 150 cm, weight varies between 1, 6-3 kg. This partly nomadic bird is found in the tundra zone of Eurasia, North America, Greenland, and on some islands of the Arctic Ocean. In southern Canada, the polar owls are during winter migration.

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Text Anastasia Barinov, the source Nat-geo.ru

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