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 * Snowy Owls**

**How do they catch/eat their food?**
The Snowy owls go to the food and they are mostly on the move. They eat their food by either ripping it into smaller pieces then swallowing them pieces, or they just swallow their prey whole. They also follow traplines and snatch fish up out of the water.



What animals do they eat?
They mostly eat lemmings and voles. But if the population of the lemming and voles goes down the snowy owls will leave the arctic in search of differant food. They fly back when their food is more abundant. They sometimes switch to differant foods such as ringged neck pheasant, grouse, American coot, and grebes.



What is the history behind the Snowy Owls?
They start breeding in late May and early June. They lay four to nine eggs per year! They also lay them on the ground. Their incubation time is just about 32 days. A lot of people think that it is a long time, but it isn't. Owlets stay under their mother for about fifty to sixty days so that they know what to do so that they can survive in the bitter cold. They tend to migrate a lot but adult Sowy Owls like to stay in the northern parts of Canada and Alaska. They mostly hunt during the day but they sometimes hunt during they night. It isn't unusual that the male feeds the incubating female.

Questions asked
Well the reason they are only white is because their feathers don't have any pigment. This leaves room for air which helps keep the owl warmer because air is a good insulator. They Arctic regions are very cold so they have to keep their feet warm. Having well insulated feet is very important because it is very cold in the region and there isn't very many trees for the owls to roost or nest. Owls have sharp hearing so they can easily here their prey. Their ears can be positioned on either side of their head. The sounds of the prey reach the ears of the owl at two separate time. The two differant times help it pinpoint the exact distance of the prey. It is able to digest the prey whole because it has a strong acid in its stomach. Hair, feathers, and bones are things that can't be digested. After the food is digested the owl spits out the undigested food that is called pellets. Their favorite animal to eat is lemmings. It mostly lives off lemmings. If the lemming population goes down, the owls leave the Arctic in search for food. When Snowy Owls fly south in search for food they will often land at airports. Scientists think that they do that because of the wide-open space of the airport reminds them of the Arctic tundra. The way that an owl's feathers fit together let them to fly without making any sound. The front edge of the owl's wing feathers break-up the air as it goes over it. That breaks up the sound level so when they flap their wings it hardly makes a sound. Owls help control the rodent population. They are able to eat about a dozen rodents a day, but if they have owlets they catch even more to feed them.
 * Do some people wonder why Snowy Owls are only white?
 * Why are the Snowy Owl's feet so furry?
 * How can an owl find its prey in the dark?
 * Can an owl digest all of the animal it eats?
 * What is the owl's favorite thing to eat?
 * Why do owls like airports?
 * What makes the Snowy Owls able to fly silently?
 * How much does a Snowy Owl eat a day?

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