The Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, can
be found on a stamp of Greenland. The stamp was issued in 1987. The Snow Owl
is a year-round resident of the Arctic. It has been found on Ellesmere Island at 82
degrees north in the winter but they move further south if food is scarce. Their main food
is lemmings and mice, but they occasionally eat young birds. In years that lemmings are
scarce the Snowy Owl can be found, during the winter, as far south as the northern United
States.
The Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, can
be found on a stamp of Greenland. The stamp was issued in 1987. The Snow Owl
is a year-round resident of the Arctic. It has been found on Ellesmere Island at 82
degrees north in the winter but they move further south if food is scarce. Their main food
is lemmings and mice, but they occasionally eat young birds. In years that lemmings are
scarce the Snowy Owl can be found, during the winter, as far south as the northern United
States.