Snowy Owls at Boundary Bay

bradpowellphoto · January 17, 2012

Hey Everyone!

It looks like we've had a few Snowy Owl shots this winter on Dgrin.

This winter a lot of Snowy Owls in British Columbia have come to the south coast to winter.

Apparently there is a 5 to 7 year cycle that is tied in to their food supply that triggers this winter migration.

At Boundary Bay Park in Tsawassen there are currently 50 or more staying around the dikes. They hunt at night and then spend the days yawning and sleeping and generally resting on logs. Some of them were in pretty bad shape by the time they got down to the coast.

There are a crazy amount of photographers snapping away at them all day but they don't seem to mind.

I talked to some that had even driven up from California to photograph this phenomenom.

I'm not really a big bird photographer but here are a couple of my shots from a beautiful winter morning over in Tsawassen.

Harryb · January 20, 2012

Beautiful captures Brad. The best snowy owl captures I've seen recently.

austinjames · January 20, 2012

Awesome pics! thanks for sharing

NorthernFocus · January 20, 2012

Great detail. Gotta love those eyes.

bradpowellphoto · January 21, 2012

Thanks everyone! Like I said I'm not much of a bird photographer. Mainly because I can't afford the lenses I lust after! I spent 2 hours on my knees in the mud, slowly inching my way closer to this owl to get these shots.