THE BEHAVIOUR, BREEDING, AND FOOD‐ECOLOGY OF THE SNOWY OWL NYCTEA SCANDIACA.

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: Watson, Adam
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1957
• Subjects: Baffin Island; Cumberland Peninsula; Baffin; Nyctea scandiaca; snowy owl
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1957.tb01959.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1957.tb01959.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1957.tb01959.x

Summary. During summer 1953, I studied Snowy Owls in Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island The wide range of call‐notes given by breeding owls is described Small passerines usually took little notice of the owls, though mobbing was common in July. The male owl usually chased other predators from his t...