Snowy owls rare to Missouri are visiting the Kansas City area

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Written By:
Bill Graham


The large, white owls with black markings are rarely seen in this area and are big news to birders.



KANSAS CITY Mo - Snowy owls from the Arctic tundra are being spotted in the Midwest this winter in uncommonly large numbers, including three at Smithville Lake in the Kansas City area.
The large, white owls with black markings are rarely seen in this area and only when their winter food supply is short in their natural habitats to the north. A single snowy owl in the region is big news to birders.


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[Marty]

One day, when I was a teenager living in OH, I was out shoveling snow on the neighbors drive. I got one of those eerie feelings like someone was watching me going back and forth across the drive. I looked around, then up, and saw a Snowy Owl on the roof. It has been the only one that I have ever seen; outside of a zoo. I think it would be odd to see large numbers of them.