Unfortunately some of those have been shot ... now they are being trapped
instead (thankfully) ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/nyregion/snowy-owls-to-be-trapped-instead-of-shot-at-new-york-area-airports.html
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
Mobile:
An important note from ebird.org:
An important word of caution about this striking and photogenic
species--the birds we see in the states are already stressed, since
they moved from locations in the north due to a lack of food. One of
the southeast Wisconsin Snowy Owls in Ozaukee County was seen