This week's collection of Sightings

This week's collection of Sightings

Gerard’s snowy owl may be one of the two snowies reported by Mélanie Allain a week ago in the same general area north of Shediac. If we look closely at this bird of the High Arctic we can see that it’s extremely well equipped to withstand the intense cold of a northern winter. Its white plumage is obviously very thick, the beak is nearly covered by special feathering and even the eyes are surrounded by dense plumage. The bird is large and compac…