13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Female snowy owl protecting nest
A female snowy owl protects her owlets while biologist Denver Holt work on the nest identifying and banding the chicks. She wouldn't fully attack but dive bombed quite a few times. At the same time she was calling the male to take action defending the nest.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 07.2015 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2015 |
Photo Location: | Barrow, Alaska, United States of America |
Camera: | Canon EOS 5D Mark II |
Copyright: | © Florencia Mazza Ramsay |