Finding SNOWY OWLS on Lake Michigan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2021
- As winter draws near, one of the most captivating birds moves into the lower 48 states: The Snowy Owl. Join Ryan as he searches for Snowy Owls and other winter migrants along the coast of Lake Michigan.
Thanks to Terry Sohl for allowing us to use his range maps
www.sdakotabirds.com/index.ht...
Photos at 2:42, 3:03, 3:45, and part of thumbnail image by Lorri Howski
Photo at 3:40 by Barry Baumann
All other photos and videos by Derek and Ryan Sallmann
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I love this! What a beautiful bird!!
They really are quite beautiful! Thanks for watching!
What a beautiful bird I can see why it’s one of your favs!
They really are amazing animals!
Ryan I love the way you did the end of the show with that video and the surfing sounds of music and that beautiful Harlequin Duck in the surf .
🥶 Burrr, dedicated birders 👍 Snowy Owls are just so beautiful.
They are gorgeous!
Nice touch to the surfing music. I live in the PNW but grew up in Southern California.
Thanks! Seemed to fit!
Snowy Owls are so beautiful!!
I have 2 Barred Owls that live in the game reserve behind my property here in Texas. I've never seen them but I have sure heard them talking to each other off in the distance around midnight or later.
So cool !! Loved watching, and seeing the ducks and sea gulls too. Thanks!! Stay warm up there.
Barred owls are really cool birds! Thanks so much for watching!
Good job finding these and sharing.
Thanks!
I saw my very first snowy owl at beach of Lake Michigan at Michigan side on Nov 27, 2021! Just amazing!
That's awesome! Back when we first started birding we had no idea they were even possible to find until we got more into the birding community
What a treat to see ... I'm in Grand Rapids and have never had the opportunity to see a snowy owl... Maybe one day ill get lucky lol Tyvm for sharing 😉
You’re welcome! Hope you get to see one soon!
Thank you, Ryan, for showing us these beautiful birds.
You're welcome!
I'm from the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Snowy Owls are literally everywhere around here. The most I've seen in one trip is 11, in about an hour, but I know people who have seen over 30 in one trip.
Those are insane numbers!
I've only ever seen one and it flew from the tree branch it had been resting on; a super impressive, awesome sight. You're lucky and thanks for sharing your good luck.
Thanks so much for watching! You'll have to go out there and find one again!
Such a cool bird. I saw one in 2013 in Florida!! 2013 was an exceptional year. There were three arctic birds here in North Florida at the same time: Snowy Owls, Snow Buntings and Harlequin Duck.
Wow! That's crazy!
Ryan and Derek, thank you for your awesome youtube channel. I live in Holland, MI. So many of the species we see here are the same. I am organizing a youth birding day for our county middle May 2022. Im planning on using your channel to generate excitement for birding. It's so cool for our youth to see young birders like you. Most birders around here are over 50. Our county has loads of birding locations being next to the lake, having huge dunes, swamps, grasslands and dense forests. We are also seeing many Snowy Owls this year. Lemmings must be in short supply this year. One snowy was photographed on a car at Grand Haven, MI high school.
Thank you so much for your kind words! You are very much welcome to share our channel with your young birders. Also, let us know if you would ever like us to speak with them over zoom to answer any questions they may have
@@BadgerlandBirding As the date approaches, I might reach out. BTW, our county's head naturalist is a big fan of your channel too. Keep up your great work.
The snowy owl turning his head around sitting on the electric pole is as awesome as the owl with yellow eyes wide open . Awesome video !
Thanks!
Spectacular snowy owl! What a beautiful bird. You are very committed to your birding - it looks so-o-o cold with the ice and wind blowing across the lake, brrrr!
Thanks for watching! When you live up north you kind of have to get used to it lol
Great video! We moved to Wisconsin (Wausau area) this last summer. So neat to learn about birds that we may see here. It would be awesome to see a snowy owl! Thanks for the information!🙂
There are a lot of them around this year and I bet several are in the Wausau area!
That lake is like the ocean , love the surf music ! What a find I would like to see a Snowy owl they are so beautiful ! 👍
It really might as well be an ocean with how vast it is
Lol, I love their sleepy eyes when they're hunting. They remind me of cats trying to be casual while they dial in on a bird! Equally epic predators, I imagine.
They definitely do have some cat-like qualities to them!
I love snowy owls! They are so beautiful. Glad you didn’t trip on the ice!
This is an awesome video from magnificent snowy owl sighting (llucky yoù !)to "Surf's Up". Love & miss Lake Michigan's beauty. Thank you.
Thanks! I did actually slip and fall once...but just once!
@@BadgerlandBirding Well, I hope you didn’t get hurt! 😬
@@barbaracole709 He's hardy. He'll be fine, haha. - Derek
Nice vid Ryan! I LOVE watching your and Derek’s videos!
Thanks so much! We're glad you like them!
There was a Snowy owl in Chattanooga TN last winter Stayed around for about two weeks. Brought people in from everywhere. Lol
I can imagine! That is a long way south for one to go!
The snowy owl, harlequin duck, and long-tailed duck would all be lifers for me. I've tried for years to find those ducks! Maybe one day. Good videos!
I know a spot you can get them all! lol How far away is WI from you?
@@BadgerlandBirding I'm in NC! Unfortunately, a bit of a drive away. haha
Nice finds 😎
Thanks!
Wow what a great day!.. 2 great videos back to back.. thanks for taking us along..( snowy owl is one of my fav also )❤️☮️
Thanks for watching! Only the best for Badgerland Birding viewers!
Good video! I’m jealous! Wanna see one so bad!
Thanks! Hope you get to see one soon!
I know I should not be picky but I would love to spot one in a field or rural area, I just love the pictures of them roosting on top of old barns. Looks I need to head over to the lakefront as I am only about 20 miles from lots of sightings in IL on E-bird. Funny story I thought I saw first one in the middle of a big sod farm them other day way off in the distance, slammed on my brakes, parked on the side of the road got my binoculars out and it was a 5 gallon white bucket with black stripes on it on top of a pole, either a funny joke by the farmer or coincidence. My parents live in Central WI very close to BV and that looks like a very hot location.
Bags and buckets are definitely the enemy of people looking for Snowy Owls lol In regards to being picky, I remember a few years ago a Snowy was being seen in a farm field with old tractors in it and people were just desperate to get a photo of it sitting on the old tractors
Snowy Owl is such a cool bird. In the winter of 2013/2014 there was an eruption year and we even got a couple of dozen birds in Europe! The birds that made the journey probably did so by ships. I heard of a story where a Snowy owl was catching fish out at sea and then returning to the ship. What amazing birds.
This year there have been a couple of Snowy Owls in southern Europe. I hope they reach the Netherlands again on their way north.
BTW love your videos. They're a real inspiration for me.
That's awesome! Thanks so much! Glad we can be an inspiration for you! :)
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Awesome!! I live in lower NY; sometimes they'll come to our area: a peninsula on the Hudson River, by the Tappan Zee Bridge, or the beaches of Long Island....Nice video, as usual, Thanks!!
Thanks for your comment! I bet you get some really neat stuff out closer to the Atlantic!
This was filmed in Sheboygan. The riverfront and marina are great places for birding in winter.
Great video! Snowy Owls are so cool! I'm hoping I'll see one this year, but so far, they seem to be avoiding my state.
Thanks so much! We'll see how far they make it down this year. Hopefully one will turn up close by for you!
Snowy owl spotting at solider field/ northernly island. Yesterday 12/20
They are definitely on the move this year!
Cool. So I wonder what the owls find to eat on the breakwaters?
Seems like a lot of the times they are able to scan the open areas near the water to find small mammals.
Do birding in Antarctica
If you find funding for us to go , we will go.