Schleich - Snowy Owl

Did you know?

• Snowy Owls are diurnal, which means that unlike most other owls they are active and hunt during the day and night.
• The diet of Snowy Owls consists mainly of lemmings. They are known to sit and wait for their prey and spend most of their time perched still and silent on prominent lookouts.
• Lemming populations are cyclic and in years when lemming populations are down Snowy Owls often leave the arctic regions and fly south in search of food. Because of this, about once every four years Snowy Owls are found as far south as the northern and central United States.
• An adult Snowy Owl can eat three to five lemmings per day, or up to 1,600 per year.
• The feathers of Snowy Owls have no pigment, leaving more space for air which helps them to keep warmer because air is such a good insulator.