Snowy Owlet Plush

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Needing insulation from Arctic temperatures, snowy owls have a lot of feathers. This makes them one of the heaviest owl species in North America.

Their wingspan is 4-5 feet on average. These powerful wings help them silently sneak up on or accelerate after prey.

Male snowy owls are almost completely white, while females are white with dark bars on her otherwise white plumage. Owlets, or baby owls, start out with a coat of down that's white before developing a mottled grey-brown plumage for camouflage, before growing their adult feathers.

The Arctic summer forces snowy owls to hunt by daylight. Unlike most owls that are nocturnal, snowy owls are diurnal.