OuiSi Nature card 164: Snowy Owl Chicks. Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan The whole photograph behind card 164: Snowy Owl Chicks. Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan

OuiSi Nature · Card 164

Snowy Owl Chicks

Bubo scandiacus

Location
Teshekpuk Lake, AK, USA
Date
June 28, 2019
Photograph byKiliii Yüyan

Description

These baby snowy owls would freeze to death without a nest to block the wind. Instead, their parents hunt lemmings and stack dozens to form a nest wall, which quickly freezes and becomes a wind shelter.

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Kiliii Yüyan

NatGeo photographer, Arctic+Indigenous stories, Nanai+Chinese descent

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OuiSi Nature card 164: Snowy Owl Chicks. Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan The whole photograph behind card 164: Snowy Owl Chicks. Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan

Snowy Owl Chicks

Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan